The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Brain and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is Brain?
Brain is the 7th out of 359 Clinical Neurology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the sub-discipline of Clinical Neurology. This Journal is the 7th out of 460 Neurology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Neurology. This Journal is the 154th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Health Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
