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. 2014 Apr;22(4):137-8.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-014-0538-8.

Impact factor 2013 of the Netherlands Heart Journal surpasses 2.0

T Opthof  1
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Impact factor 2013 of the Netherlands Heart Journal surpasses 2.0

T Opthof. Neth Heart J. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

The impact factor of the Netherlands Heart Journal was stable at about 1.4 between 2009 and 2012. In 2013 it will break through the 2.0 barrier for the first time.

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Fig. 1
Impact factor of the Netherlands Heart Journal between 2009 (first impact factor) and 2013. Values for 2009–2012 are official Thomson Reuters data as published in their Journal Citation Reports. The IF 2013 was estimated on the basis of citations in the Web of Science between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 to papers published by NHJ in 2011 and 2012
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Immediacy index of the Netherlands Heart Journal between 2009 (first immediacy index) and 2013. Values for 2009–2012 are official Thomson Reuters data as published in their Journal Citation Reports. The immediacy index 2013 was estimated on the basis of citations in the Web of Science between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 to papers published by NHJ in 2013
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Fig. 3
Average citation of articles or reviews published by the Netherlands Heart Journal in 2011 and 2012 during 2013. These numbers can be regarded as an impact factor for 2013, if the journal had only published original articles or only reviews
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