Impact Factor A Review with Specific Relevance to Orthodontic Journals

The aim of this article is to address the issues of impact factor and circulation with reference to dental and orthodontic journals by discussing various parameters including language, citations, nature of published articles, and scientific domain. Examples from the literature are provided to illustrate the variability of impact factors among periodicals, based on the publicity and scientific area covered, and the impact factor scores are presented together with the circulation of orthodontic periodicals.ZusammenfassungZiel dieser Arbeit ist die Thematisierung des Impaktfaktors und die Analyse der Verbreitung von allgemeinzahnärztlichen und kieferorthopädischen Zeitschriften, wobei die Aspekte Sprache, Zitate, Art der publizierten Arbeiten und wissenschaftliches Gebiet diskutiert werden. Beispiele aus der Literatur illustrieren die Variabilität des Impaktfaktors verschiedener Fachzeitschriften, die auf der Verbreitung und dem wissenschaftlichen Schwerpunkt basiert. Die kieferorthopädischen Fachzeitschriften werden anhand ihrer Impaktfaktoren und ihrer Verbreitung bewertet.

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