Dermatology online journal
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Dermatol. Online J. · Jun 2020
Historical ArticleImpact factor of major dermatology journals and the increasing influence of dermatology in the house of medicine.
Journal impact factor (JIF) is a bibliometric proxy of relative journal importance. Mean dermatology JIF has nearly doubled since 1997. The reasons behind the increase have not been previously explored. ⋯ The nearly two-fold rise in dermatology JIF from 1997-2017 was associated with increased citations, an increasing proportion of which came from non-dermatology journals. This may reflect growing influence of dermatology research within both dermatology and other fields of medicine.