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. 2022 Dec;28(12):1536-1538.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.08.011. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Blockbuster effect of COVID-19 on the impact factor of infectious disease journals

Alexis Maillard  1 , Tristan Delory  2
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Blockbuster effect of COVID-19 on the impact factor of infectious disease journals

Alexis Maillard et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Dec.
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Evolution of 2-year journal impact factors for infectious disease journals from 2019 to 2021. Two-year impact factors for the selected 47 infectious disease journals (see text) in 2019 and 2021. JIF (Journal impact factor) is computed for all articles or letters issued from the Web of Science database (left), without the 10 most cited publications in each journal (centre) or without publications related to COVID-19 (right). Colour circles correspond to journals.
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