Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Impact Factor

Abstract

Almost all or probably all of us must have heard about the word “impact factor”. The word has certain place in the modern medicine to compare different journals within the same fields. Despite recognizing its importance, some may not be absolutely clear what is actually reflects to and how it impacts the researchers, the readers as well as the publishers of the journal.

Impact factor is a measure of the frequency of the articles in each journal has been cited in relation to the total numbers of articles in a particular year of that journal. In short, it indirectly implies the degree of popularity of the journal.