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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)1999Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q4
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
19990.100
20000.127
20010.140
20020.114
20030.155
20040.155
20050.134
20060.144
20070.166
20080.138
20090.114
20100.128
20110.106
20120.107
20130.107
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199934
200030
200133
200227
200320
200418
200519
200618
200717
200811
20090
20104
20110
20120
20130
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)19990.029
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.131
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.060
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.106
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.153
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.118
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.143
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.187
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.092
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.152
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.029
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.097
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.071
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.082
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.178
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.138
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.140
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.218
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.087
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.067
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.014
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.116
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.031
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.127
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.158
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.162
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.162
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.057
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.107
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.182
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.000
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
Total Cites19993
Total Cites200010
Total Cites20017
Total Cites20028
Total Cites200316
Total Cites200411
Total Cites20057
Total Cites20068
Total Cites200712
Total Cites20086
Total Cites20094
Total Cites20105
Total Cites20111
Total Cites20120
Total Cites20130
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 document19990.029
External Cites per document20000.097
External Cites per document20010.071
External Cites per document20020.082
External Cites per document20030.178
External Cites per document20040.138
External Cites per document20050.108
External Cites per document20060.140
External Cites per document20070.218
External Cites per document20080.111
External Cites per document20090.087
External Cites per document20100.179
External Cites per document20110.067
External Cites per document20120.000
External Cites per document20130.000
Cites per document19990.029
Cites per document20000.097
Cites per document20010.071
Cites per document20020.082
Cites per document20030.178
Cites per document20040.138
Cites per document20050.108
Cites per document20060.140
Cites per document20070.218
Cites per document20080.111
Cites per document20090.087
Cites per document20100.179
Cites per document20110.067
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.000
% 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
20100.00
20110
20120
20130
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 documents19994
Non-citable documents20004
Non-citable documents20019
Non-citable documents200212
Non-citable documents200314
Non-citable documents20048
Non-citable documents20054
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20085
Non-citable documents200910
Non-citable documents201010
Non-citable documents20116
Non-citable documents20121
Non-citable documents20131
Citable documents199999
Citable documents200099
Citable documents200190
Citable documents200285
Citable documents200376
Citable documents200472
Citable documents200561
Citable documents200657
Citable documents200755
Citable documents200849
Citable documents200936
Citable documents201018
Citable documents20119
Citable documents20123
Citable documents20133
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 documents1999100
Uncited documents200094
Uncited documents200193
Uncited documents200291
Uncited documents200378
Uncited documents200473
Uncited documents200559
Uncited documents200651
Uncited documents200747
Uncited documents200851
Uncited documents200943
Uncited documents201023
Uncited documents201114
Uncited documents20124
Uncited documents20134
Cited documents19993
Cited documents20009
Cited documents20016
Cited documents20026
Cited documents200312
Cited documents20047
Cited documents20056
Cited documents20066
Cited documents20078
Cited documents20083
Cited documents20093
Cited documents20105
Cited documents20111
Cited documents20120
Cited documents20130
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199953.85
200042.86
200145.83
200259.26
200338.10
200439.13
200537.93
200644.00
200737.50
200855.56
20090.00
201050.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
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
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
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