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An IF is commonly used to evaluate the relative importance of a journal within its field and to measure the frequency with which the 'average article' in a journal has been cited in a particular time period.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sharma, M., Sarin, A., Gupta, P., Sachdeva, S., & Desai, A.
- Affiliations
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College and Research Centre, Ghaziabad
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Gwalior
- Department of Pedodontics, ITS Dental College, Ghaziabad
- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Vaidik Dental College and Research Centre, Daman
- Corresponding author
- Sharma, Mohit
- Venue
- World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Publisher
- Georg Thieme Verlag KG
- Published
- 2014-04
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 02
- Pages
- 146-146
- ISSN
- 1450-1147 (ISSN-L)
- 1607-3312
- PMC
- PMC4150161
- OpenAlex
- W2068355084
- Cited by
- 146
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- World Journal of Nuclear Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- journal impact factor, bibliometric analysis, journal evaluation, research evaluation
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