Page Text: Frontiers journals improved their Journal Impact Factor ranking in 30 out of 39 categories.
Publisher impact
Frontiers ranks as the 3rd most-cited publisher among the 20 largest publishers with an average of 4.8 citations per article, an increase from 3.9 citations in the previous year.
Frontiers’ articles have been viewed and downloaded more than 1.4 billion times and cited more than 2.2 million times by research and innovation hubs around the world.
Frontiers’ articles achieve international visibility with more than 80,000 news mentions and 1.6 million social media mentions.
Journal citations
Frontiers journals rank among the most influential in their academic fields based on total citations - including most cited in neurosciences, immunology, microbiology, plant science and psychology.
Evaluating research
To benchmark the reach, influence and quality of our journals, we measure and communicate a range of indicators of our journals’ impact, including Impact Factors, CiteScores, overall citation rates, aggregate views and downloads, press pick-ups, and social media mentions.
We fully support the responsible use of journal Impact Factors, other quantitative research metrics, and innovative ways for researcher evaluation, as proposed by the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment ( DORA , to which we are a signatory ), the Leiden Manifesto , the Metric Tide for Responsible Metrics and the European Commission's Expert Group on Altmetrics .