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Impact Factor for 2008 is 5.182!

The 2008 impact factors have now been published by Thomson ISI. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has an Impact Factor of 5.182 and is ranked 12th out of 107 in the ISI category Medicine, General & Internal. FAQs [PDF]

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