"Journal Impact Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A quantitative measure of the frequency on average with which articles in a journal have been cited in a given period of time.
| Descriptor ID |
D055811
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.178.682.099.325.500 L01.453.183.291.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Journal Impact Factor- Journal Impact Factor
- Factor, Journal Impact
- Factors, Journal Impact
- Impact Factor, Journal
- Impact Factors, Journal
- Journal Impact Factors
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Journal Impact Factor" by people in Profiles.
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A Year of Change, with More to Come. J Urol. 2021 08; 206(2):197-198.
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Top 50 cited articles on Covid-19 after the first year of the pandemic: A bibliometric analysis. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2021 Jul-Aug; 15(4):102140.
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Mycopathologia 2020: Legacy and Change to Remain Relevant for Content, Creation, and Communication. Mycopathologia. 2021 May; 186(2):155-162.
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Emergency Medicine Journal COVID-19 monthly top five. Emerg Med J. 2021 May; 38(5):398-400.
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To JAMA Authors, Reviewers, and Especially Physician Readers-A Profound Thank You. JAMA. 2021 04 06; 325(13):1263-1265.
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Requiem for impact factors and high publication charges. Account Res. 2022 04; 29(3):133-164.
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Looking back and moving forward. Kidney Int. 2021 04; 99(4):787-790.
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[Editor's corner: 2020, the year of the pandemic COVID-19]. Nutr Hosp. 2021 Feb 23; 38(1):1-2.
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The development of preprints during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Intern Med. 2021 Aug; 290(2):480-483.
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Impact of COVID-19 on longitudinal ophthalmology authorship gender trends. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar; 259(3):733-744.