Journal of Infection Prevention

Journal of Infection Prevention is the professional publication of the Infection Prevention Society. The aim of the journal is to advance the evidence base in infection prevention and control, and to provide a publishing platform for all health professionals interested in this field of practice. Journal of Infection Prevention is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication containing a wide range of articles: -Original primary research studies- Qualitative and quantitative studies- Reviews of the evidence on various topics- Practice development project reports- Guidelines for practice- Case studies- Overviews of infectious diseases and their causative organisms- Audit and surveillance studies/projects- Outbreak reports. The journal has a rapidly developing, multi-professional author and readership base, including: -Infection prevention and control professionals -Public health and health protection specialists -Pharmacists with an interest in antimicrobial agents -Allied health professionals -Primary care professionals including general practice staff, dental staff and sexual health specialists. The multi-professional Editorial Board are keen to support new authors and are happy to provide guidance on planning and writing papers for publication.

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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.

Category	Year	Quartile
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2007	Q3
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2008	Q3
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2009	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2010	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2011	Q3
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2012	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2013	Q3
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2014	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2015	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2016	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2017	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2018	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2019	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2020	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2021	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2022	Q2
Advanced and Specialized Nursing	2023	Q2
Health Policy	2007	Q4
Health Policy	2008	Q4
Health Policy	2009	Q3
Health Policy	2010	Q3
Health Policy	2011	Q3
Health Policy	2012	Q3
Health Policy	2013	Q4
Health Policy	2014	Q3
Health Policy	2015	Q3
Health Policy	2016	Q3
Health Policy	2017	Q3
Health Policy	2018	Q3
Health Policy	2019	Q3
Health Policy	2020	Q3
Health Policy	2021	Q3
Health Policy	2022	Q3
Health Policy	2023	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2007	Q4
Infectious Diseases	2008	Q4
Infectious Diseases	2009	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2010	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2011	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2012	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2013	Q4
Infectious Diseases	2014	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2015	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2016	Q4
Infectious Diseases	2017	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2018	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2019	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2020	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2021	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2022	Q3
Infectious Diseases	2023	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2007	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2008	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2009	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2010	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2011	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2012	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2013	Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2014	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2015	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2016	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2017	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2018	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2019	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2020	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2021	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2022	Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	2023	Q3

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.

Year	SJR
2007	0.141
2008	0.133
2009	0.180
2010	0.188
2011	0.184
2012	0.279
2013	0.172
2014	0.249
2015	0.272
2016	0.254
2017	0.315
2018	0.304
2019	0.331
2020	0.430
2021	0.350
2022	0.308
2023	0.331

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2006	38
2007	29
2008	38
2009	49
2010	41
2011	40
2012	35
2013	39
2014	41
2015	44
2016	44
2017	42
2018	49
2019	42
2020	37
2021	45
2022	43
2023	37

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 document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.105
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.119
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.305
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.325
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.440
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.345
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.458
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.439
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.421
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.440
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.573
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.827
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.062
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.094
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.069
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.994
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.105
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.119
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.305
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.319
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.281
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.408
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.371
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.561
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.383
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.435
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.457
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.562
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.837
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.992
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.094
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.169
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.008
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.105
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.119
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.284
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.299
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.289
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.407
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.475
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.459
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.443
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.663
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.637
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.975
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.110
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.011

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.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	2
Self Cites	2008	2
Self Cites	2009	8
Self Cites	2010	4
Self Cites	2011	9
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	14
Self Cites	2014	12
Self Cites	2015	9
Self Cites	2016	8
Self Cites	2017	9
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	4
Self Cites	2020	5
Self Cites	2021	5
Self Cites	2022	4
Self Cites	2023	4
Total Cites	2006	0
Total Cites	2007	4
Total Cites	2008	8
Total Cites	2009	32
Total Cites	2010	37
Total Cites	2011	36
Total Cites	2012	53
Total Cites	2013	43
Total Cites	2014	64
Total Cites	2015	44
Total Cites	2016	54
Total Cites	2017	59
Total Cites	2018	73
Total Cites	2019	113
Total Cites	2020	132
Total Cites	2021	140
Total Cites	2022	145
Total Cites	2023	126

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.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2006	0
External Cites per document	2007	0.053
External Cites per document	2008	0.090
External Cites per document	2009	0.229
External Cites per document	2010	0.284
External Cites per document	2011	0.211
External Cites per document	2012	0.346
External Cites per document	2013	0.250
External Cites per document	2014	0.456
External Cites per document	2015	0.304
External Cites per document	2016	0.371
External Cites per document	2017	0.388
External Cites per document	2018	0.523
External Cites per document	2019	0.807
External Cites per document	2020	0.955
External Cites per document	2021	1.055
External Cites per document	2022	1.137
External Cites per document	2023	0.976
Cites per document	2006	0.000
Cites per document	2007	0.105
Cites per document	2008	0.119
Cites per document	2009	0.305
Cites per document	2010	0.319
Cites per document	2011	0.281
Cites per document	2012	0.408
Cites per document	2013	0.371
Cites per document	2014	0.561
Cites per document	2015	0.383
Cites per document	2016	0.435
Cites per document	2017	0.457
Cites per document	2018	0.562
Cites per document	2019	0.837
Cites per document	2020	0.992
Cites per document	2021	1.094
Cites per document	2022	1.169
Cites per document	2023	1.008

% 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.

Year	International Collaboration
2006	5.26
2007	6.90
2008	13.16
2009	6.12
2010	9.76
2011	2.50
2012	2.86
2013	5.13
2014	7.32
2015	15.91
2016	18.18
2017	21.43
2018	12.24
2019	11.90
2020	13.51
2021	8.89
2022	25.58
2023	18.92

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	9
Non-citable documents	2008	15
Non-citable documents	2009	25
Non-citable documents	2010	25
Non-citable documents	2011	26
Non-citable documents	2012	22
Non-citable documents	2013	19
Non-citable documents	2014	19
Non-citable documents	2015	19
Non-citable documents	2016	29
Non-citable documents	2017	35
Non-citable documents	2018	42
Non-citable documents	2019	39
Non-citable documents	2020	33
Non-citable documents	2021	26
Non-citable documents	2022	21
Non-citable documents	2023	19
Citable documents	2006	0
Citable documents	2007	29
Citable documents	2008	52
Citable documents	2009	80
Citable documents	2010	91
Citable documents	2011	102
Citable documents	2012	108
Citable documents	2013	97
Citable documents	2014	95
Citable documents	2015	96
Citable documents	2016	95
Citable documents	2017	94
Citable documents	2018	88
Citable documents	2019	96
Citable documents	2020	100
Citable documents	2021	102
Citable documents	2022	103
Citable documents	2023	106

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2006	0
Uncited documents	2007	36
Uncited documents	2008	61
Uncited documents	2009	81
Uncited documents	2010	90
Uncited documents	2011	102
Uncited documents	2012	100
Uncited documents	2013	88
Uncited documents	2014	83
Uncited documents	2015	89
Uncited documents	2016	90
Uncited documents	2017	101
Uncited documents	2018	94
Uncited documents	2019	81
Uncited documents	2020	69
Uncited documents	2021	63
Uncited documents	2022	58
Uncited documents	2023	59
Cited documents	2006	0
Cited documents	2007	2
Cited documents	2008	6
Cited documents	2009	24
Cited documents	2010	26
Cited documents	2011	26
Cited documents	2012	30
Cited documents	2013	28
Cited documents	2014	31
Cited documents	2015	26
Cited documents	2016	34
Cited documents	2017	28
Cited documents	2018	36
Cited documents	2019	54
Cited documents	2020	64
Cited documents	2021	65
Cited documents	2022	66
Cited documents	2023	66