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Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Consumers Union of the United States

H-Index

9

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00107174

Coverage

1975-1978, 1982-1983, 1990, 1992, 1996-2016

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q4
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of 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 It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.206
20000.147
20010.331
20020.196
20030.310
20040.307
20050.124
20060.116
20070.138
20080.107
20090.105
20100.108
20110.108
20120.102
20130.104
20140.124
20150.118
20160.122
20170.101
20180.101
20190.112
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199913
200012
20018
200213
200338
200441
200544
200642
200741
200832
200935
201032
201137
201232
201336
201423
201517
201629
20170
20180
20190
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.368
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.469
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.378
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.348
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.310
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.150
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.147
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.065
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.107
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.067
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.071
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.044
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.051
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.086
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.102
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.067
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.043
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.087
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.622
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.455
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.394
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.288
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.152
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.138
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.126
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.087
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.113
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.074
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.058
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.149
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.057
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.110
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.118
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.101
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.065
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.138
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.360
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.381
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.139
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.153
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.105
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.084
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.096
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.060
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.058
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.145
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.051
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.150
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.130
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.000
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19990
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20080
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20100
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20170
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Total Cites199914
Total Cites20009
Total Cites200123
Total Cites200215
Total Cites200313
Total Cites200417
Total Cites200514
Total Cites200617
Total Cites200716
Total Cites200811
Total Cites200913
Total Cites20108
Total Cites20115
Total Cites20126
Total Cites201315
Total Cites20146
Total Cites201510
Total Cites20169
Total Cites20177
Total Cites20183
Total Cites20194
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.368
External Cites per document20000.243
External Cites per document20010.622
External Cites per document20020.455
External Cites per document20030.394
External Cites per document20040.288
External Cites per document20050.152
External Cites per document20060.138
External Cites per document20070.126
External Cites per document20080.087
External Cites per document20090.113
External Cites per document20100.074
External Cites per document20110.051
External Cites per document20120.058
External Cites per document20130.149
External Cites per document20140.057
External Cites per document20150.110
External Cites per document20160.118
External Cites per document20170.101
External Cites per document20180.065
External Cites per document20190.138
Cites per document19990.368
Cites per document20000.243
Cites per document20010.622
Cites per document20020.455
Cites per document20030.394
Cites per document20040.288
Cites per document20050.152
Cites per document20060.138
Cites per document20070.126
Cites per document20080.087
Cites per document20090.113
Cites per document20100.074
Cites per document20110.051
Cites per document20120.058
Cites per document20130.149
Cites per document20140.057
Cites per document20150.110
Cites per document20160.118
Cites per document20170.101
Cites per document20180.065
Cites per document20190.138
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20150.00
20160.00
20170
20180
20190
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20080
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20120
Non-citable documents20130
Non-citable documents20140
Non-citable documents20150
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Citable documents199938
Citable documents200037
Citable documents200137
Citable documents200233
Citable documents200333
Citable documents200459
Citable documents200592
Citable documents2006123
Citable documents2007127
Citable documents2008127
Citable documents2009115
Citable documents2010108
Citable documents201199
Citable documents2012104
Citable documents2013101
Citable documents2014105
Citable documents201591
Citable documents201676
Citable documents201769
Citable documents201846
Citable documents201929
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199932
Uncited documents200031
Uncited documents200127
Uncited documents200228
Uncited documents200325
Uncited documents200449
Uncited documents200582
Uncited documents2006113
Uncited documents2007114
Uncited documents2008116
Uncited documents2009103
Uncited documents2010101
Uncited documents201195
Uncited documents201299
Uncited documents201391
Uncited documents2014100
Uncited documents201585
Uncited documents201668
Uncited documents201762
Uncited documents201844
Uncited documents201925
Cited documents19996
Cited documents20006
Cited documents200110
Cited documents20025
Cited documents20038
Cited documents200410
Cited documents200510
Cited documents200610
Cited documents200713
Cited documents200811
Cited documents200912
Cited documents20107
Cited documents20114
Cited documents20125
Cited documents201310
Cited documents20145
Cited documents20156
Cited documents20168
Cited documents20177
Cited documents20182
Cited documents20194
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
1999100.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
200950.00
20100.00
201133.33
201233.33
2013100.00
20140.00
20150.00
201677.78
20170.00
20180.00
20190.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19990
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20180
SDG20190
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