The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 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 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology?
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology is the 1st out of 439 Molecular Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the sub-discipline of Molecular Biology. This Journal is the 2nd out of 375 Cell Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the sub-discipline of Cell Biology. This Journal is the 3rd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 5th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Life 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.
