The magazine Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz has just registered an increase in its impact factor, reaching an index of 1,592, according to the Web of Knowledge, by Thompson Reuters, a multinational company responsible for evaluating the relevance of the contribution of scientific journals across the world. world.

“The growth reinforces the prominence of the century-old publication in the areas of Parasitology, Tropical Medicine and Microbiology, being the magazine with the highest levels of prestige and influence in Brazil and Latin America measured by the Eigenfactor score and Article Influence Factor indicators”, highlighted the publisher -head of the publication, researcher Claude Pirmez.

The magazine Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz has the third highest impact factor in Brazil. In Latin America, it is ranked first in six areas: Parasitology, Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

To arrive at the index, the calculation is made by dividing the number of citations recorded in the last two years by the number of articles published by the magazine in the same period. This makes the index an important tool for evaluating scientific journals.

Considering another indicator calculated by Thompson Reuters, the five-year impact factor, the magazine is one of the few Latin American publications with an index above 2.

Created in 1909 by Oswaldo Cruz himself, the magazine combines tradition with innovation. There are more than four thousand national and international articles available for free on a modern and dynamic website. Click here and check it out.