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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Biotechnology2011Q1
Biotechnology2012Q1
Biotechnology2013Q1
Biotechnology2014Q1
Biotechnology2015Q1
Biotechnology2016Q3
Molecular Biology2011Q1
Molecular Biology2012Q1
Molecular Biology2013Q1
Molecular Biology2014Q1
Molecular Biology2015Q1
Molecular Biology2016Q4
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20116.134
20124.271
20135.453
20144.000
20155.524
20160.404
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201017
20117
20129
20134
20140
20150
20160
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20118.059
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20128.208
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20139.364
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20148.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20158.350
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20165.769
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20118.059
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20128.208
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20139.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20147.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20158.923
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20118.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20128.208
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20137.188
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20148.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20151.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.000
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20100
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Total Cites20100
Total Cites2011137
Total Cites2012197
Total Cites2013309
Total Cites2014145
Total Cites2015116
Total Cites20166
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20100
External Cites per document20118.000
External Cites per document20128.208
External Cites per document20139.333
External Cites per document20147.250
External Cites per document20158.923
External Cites per document20161.500
Cites per document20100.000
Cites per document20118.059
Cites per document20128.208
Cites per document20139.364
Cites per document20147.250
Cites per document20158.923
Cites per document20161.500
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20105.88
201157.14
201222.22
201350.00
20140
20150
20160
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20112
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20133
Non-citable documents20141
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20160
Citable documents20100
Citable documents201115
Citable documents201222
Citable documents201330
Citable documents201419
Citable documents201512
Citable documents20164
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20100
Uncited documents20111
Uncited documents20121
Uncited documents20133
Uncited documents20143
Uncited documents20153
Uncited documents20161
Cited documents20100
Cited documents201116
Cited documents201223
Cited documents201330
Cited documents201417
Cited documents201510
Cited documents20163
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