Every year in June, Clarivate Analytics publish the Journal Impact Factors of all journals indexed in their Journal Citation Report. Impact factor is a calculation which shows the number of citations that articles published in a journal received in a given year (in this case, in 2017) divided by the number articles published by the journal in the previous two years (2015 and 2016).
Cochrane’s impact factor for 2017 is 6.754, and you can read more about it here.
Cochrane’s publisher Wiley also calculates the impact factor for all Cochrane review groups on a yearly basis. This impact factor is unofficial, but is a good guide to how well Groups are performing against similar journals in the same topic area.
Cochrane Oral Health’s impact factor for 2017 is 5.340, a substantial increase on the 2016 impact factor of 3.854. This is largely due to a huge increase in the number of citations in 2017, our reviews were cited 251 times, a 63% increase on the previous year’s number of citations.
To put this in context, our research is comparable with impact factors for the top journals in dentistry. At number one is Periodontology 2000, with an impact factor of 6.220, and second is the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), with an impact factor of 5.380. Cochrane Oral Health’s impact factor puts the Group at par with the third journal on the list, slightly behind JDR (see the full list here, hosted by the University of Hong Kong Libraries).
Congratulations to all our authors, editors, supporters, Global Alliance donors and contributors! You have all helped us to get this fantastic achievement.
Our top cited reviews in 2017 were:
- Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries
- Treatment of periodontal disease for glycaemic control in people with diabetes mellitus
- Interventions for replacing missing teeth: alveolar ridge preservation techniques for dental implant site development
- Retention procedures for stabilising tooth position after treatment with orthodontic braces
- Diagnostic tests for oral cancer and potentially malignant disorders in patients presenting with clinically evident lesions
- Preformed crowns for decayed primary molar teeth
- Interventions for preventing oral mucositis in patients with cancer receiving treatment: oral cryotherapy
- Fluoride mouthrinses for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents
- Interventions for treating bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ)
- Fluoride gels for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents
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