Methods
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Methods
Overview

Impact Factor

3.608

H Index

155

Impact Factor

3.978

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 10462023, 10959130
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
History: 1990-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Methods focuses on rapidly developing techniques in the experimental biological and medical sciences. Each topical issue, organized by a guest editor who is an expert in the area covered, consists solely of invited quality articles by specialist authors. Issues are devoted to specific technical approaches with emphasis on clear detailed descriptions of protocols that allow them to be reproduced easily. The background information provided enables researchers to understand the principles underlying the methods; other helpful sections include comparisons of alternative methods giving the advantages and disadvantages of particular methods, guidance on avoiding potential pitfalls, and suggestions for troubleshooting.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



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SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

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SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    4.654 4.141 3.953
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    3.978 3.925 4.368
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    3.057 3.702 3.915
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    3.67 3.897 4.147
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    3.679 3.979 3.858
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    4.048 3.979 4.029
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.748 3.88 3.953
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.634 3.852 3.78
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    3.641 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    3.504 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    3.807 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    3.617 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    4.182 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    3.801 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    3.437 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.693 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    4.07 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    3.688 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    3.798 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    3.611 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    2.098 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    2.194 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    1.758 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History