There is a vast increase in scientific discoveries in different fields of medical such as Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation etc. where in rehabilitation is playing major role. There are many diseases that are being. These research findings are being published in the form of articles by International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is publishing the papers related to physical medicine, rehabilitation. The articles published in the journal are subjected to peer review process prior to its acceptance. The articles received by these journals are reviewed by two to three experts within the realms of the article. Based on the decision of experts the editors may suggest the author to revise the article or they may accept directly or reject it for improving the quality. Hence, the quality of the articles is being maintained by the journals. The quality of these journals can be estimated by a term known as impact factor. Impact factor is calculated taking out the average number of citations a paper published in a particular journal receives in duration of two years. Impact factor for the new journals will be considered after two years of indexing. Impact factor for a journal in 2013 is calculated by
Impact factor in 2013=A/B
A= number of citations for the articles published during 2011 and 2012
B= Total number of articles published by that journal in 2011 and 2012
Last date updated on September, 2024