Impact factor is indicative of the average number of citations received per published work in a journal over a two-year period. It reflects the importance of a journal in its field.

Its 2010 impact factor was 25.430, making it the highest-cited research journal in preclinical medicine. It is also among the highest impact of primary (non-review) scientific journals.

Nature. The maze of impact metrics, 17 October 2013. As the journal's first impact factor is released, it is time to reflect on journal metrics and how Nature Climate Change has been making its mark.

Meanwhile, JAMA (which notes that it is "the most widely circulated general medical journal in the world") and The Lancet (which touts the highest Impact Factor among the world's general/internal ...

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Objectives This study evaluated the representation of black researchers as authors of articles published in four peer-reviewed journals with the highest impact factors (IFs) in the field of sports ...