The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Cancer Cell 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.This graph shows how the impact factor of Cancer Cell is computed. The left axis depicts the number of papers published in years X-1 and X2, and the right axis displays their citations in year X.
How Influential is Cancer Cell?
Cancer Cell is the 5th out of 471 Oncology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Oncology. This Journal is the 7th out of 374 Cell Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the sub-discipline of Cell Biology. This Journal is the 22nd out of 6,760 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 26th out of 9,726 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 31st out of 15,471 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% 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.
