WHO Drug Information
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

WHO Drug Information
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.095

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Switzerland
Journal ISSN: 10109609
Publisher: World Health Organization
History: 1996-2011, 2013-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

WHO Drug Information is a quarterly journal providing an overview of topics relating to medicines development and regulation which is targeted to a wide audience of health professionals and policy makers.Launched in 1987 WHO Drug Information communicates the latest international news and trends to regulatory agencies academic and training institutions researchers consumer bodies and pharmaceutical manufacturers and focuses on topics impacting the safety efficacy and quality of medicines medical products herbals and biomedicines. It presents a range of perspectives on how current challenges impact the manufacture prescribing and access of medicines throughout the world and introduces newlyreleased guidance documents.

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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WHO Drug Information
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.095 0.188 0.162
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.095 0.115 0.103
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0 0.138 0.465
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.167 0.5 0.442
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.444 0.421 0.327
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.56 0.513 0.344
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.4 0.234 0.234
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.083 0.083 0.083
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.045 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.125 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.044 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.027 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.053 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.036 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.044 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.06 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.024 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.024 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.043 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.042 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.063 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.035 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.054 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