Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Overview

Impact Factor

4.123

H Index

118

Impact Factor

3.778

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 17501172
Publisher: BioMed Central
History: 2006-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of rare diseases, including genetic diseases, and orphan drugs. As the official journal of Orphanet, the European portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs, the journal provides researchers and clinicians with the opportunity to publish state of the art developments in the area of rare diseases and orphan drugs. The journal focuses on publishing high quality review articles encompassing all aspects of diagnosis, clinical description, clinical work-up and management as well as aetiopathogenesis, *epidemiology, and genetic counselling of rare diseases. Research on new syndromes and results of clinical trials of exceptional interest will also be considered.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
SCR Impact Factor

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
SCR Journal Ranking

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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.

1.274

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    3.516 3.798 3.93
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    3.778 4.148 4.64
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    3.511 3.993 4.08
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    3.6 3.778 4.054
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    3.923 4.337 4.304
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    3.747 3.81 4.138
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.491 3.964 4.256
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.618 4.095 4.371
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    4.098 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    5.035 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    5.674 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    6.414 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    7.46 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    7.536 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    4 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    1.902 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA 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)

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
H-Index History