TEHRAN –According to the recent ranking published by SCImago, the ranking of the Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases (IJBD) has improved from Q4 to Q3.

In addition to the Impact Factor or Impact Index, rankings of journals in each subject category are divided into quartiles by both Journal Citation Report (JCR) and  SCImago Journal and Country Rank ( SJR)

These quartiles rank the journals from highest to lowest based on their impact factor or impact index.

There are four quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4.

Q1 is occupied by the top 25% of journals in the list; Q2 is occupied by journals in the 25 to 50% group; Q3 is occupied by journals in the 50 to 75% group and Q4 is occupied by journals in the 75 to 100% group.

The journal considers articles for publishing on all aspects of breast cancer research including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of breast diseases in basic sciences, clinical trials, health sciences, social sciences, and medical engineering.

The Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases is indexed in Scopus, Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran, and CIVILICA Database.

Measuring Scientific activity

There are several different metrics that are used to measure and evaluate the quality of scientific publications.

Scientific production is measured and evaluated based on a series of criteria relating to the quantity of works published and the number of times that these works have been cited. Among these criteria it is helpful to highlight the number of works published; the total number of citations received; the average number of citations per work published; the number of significant works published; and the number of citations received by the most frequently-cited works.

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