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    THE Impact Rankings research metrics

    Last updated on November 15, 2024

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    Research metrics account for 27% of each SDG Score, except for SDG 17* (27.1%). 8 research metrics are used across 17 SDG rankings, with each SDG ranking using up to 3 research metrics.

    Scholarly Output (THE Impact)opens in new tab/window
    Field-Weighted Citation Impact (5 Year) (THE Impact)opens in new tab/window
    Publications in Top 10% Journal Percentiles by CiteScore (THE Impact)opens in new tab/window
    Views Count (THE Impact)opens in new tab/window
    Female Co-authorship (THE)opens in new tab/window
    Co-authorship with Low or Lower-middle Income Countries (THE Impact)opens in new tab/window
    Clinical Trials Citations Count (THE)opens in new tab/window
    Citing-Patents Count (THE)opens in new tab/window

    *SDG 17 is the deduplicated count of all publications from SDGs 1-16.

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