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The Impact Factor has commonly been used to determine the ranking or "importance" of a journal. The most recent Impact Factor rating for podiatry related journals (as reported here) are:

I just came across the Google scholar ranking in which they give their own scoring system (h-5 index): Google Scholar Metrics for Publications
It took a bit of leg work, but I dug up these scores:

• Nature 339
• Diabetes Care 110
• The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery 75
• Medicine and science in sports and exercise 63
• Gait & Posture 44
• Clinical Biomechanics 38
• Foot & ankle international 28
• The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery 20
• Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 19
• Foot and ankle clinics 16
• Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 14
• Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery 13
• Foot and Ankle Surgery 12
• The Foot 12
• Foot & Ankle Specialist 9
• Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery 8
• Footwear Science 6
• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society 2
• Foot and Ankle Quarterly-The Seminar Journal 1
• The journal of the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot 1
• Podiatry Management 1

This h-5 index score from Google Scholar covers 2007-2011 whereas the Impact Factors cover "2009/2010 received in 2011" ie, they are different metrics.

There was this review of the issues: Using Google Scholar to Estimate the Impact of Journal Articles in Education

There has been some criticism of this Google metric: Google’s New “Scholar Metrics” Have Potential, But Also Prove Problematic

 

Dear Craig Payne,
Thank you very much for your information.
Kalavi, Iran

 

Dear Craig,

Interesting stats, Thank you.

Pogpod

 

While recognising impact factors, I would advise you not to worship it. There are other, far more important features which tell much more about a journal.............................

 

Google have just released their 2015 metrics for Google Scholar. Here are the rating for the podiatry and related journals:

Journal: h5-index: h5-median:
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 21 30
Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery 13 19
Foot & Ankle International 33 41
Foot & Ankle Specialist 16 22
Foot and Ankle Clinics 14 19
Foot and Ankle Quarterly 1 2
The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery 24 27
Foot and Ankle Surgery 19 26
Footwear Science 11 14
Fuß & Sprunggelenk 5 5
Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society 3 4
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 24 34
Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery 8 14
The Foot 14 16


Nature 377 529
The New England Journal of Medicine 328 520
Science 316 446
The Lancet 258 415


Clinical Biomechanics 35 50
Gait & Posture 46 55


NB: this metric from Google Scholar is not without some controversy