The 2018 impact factor for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is 7.755, up from 6.754 in 2017. It is ranked 11th of the 160 journals in the 'Medicine, General & Internal category' of the ISI (Institute of Scientific Information).
The 2018 CRG Impact Factor for the Skin Group is 6.733 (15 publications cited 101 times). A review published by the Skin Group in 2016 or 2017 was cited, on average, 6.733 times in 2018.
The ten most cited reviews from the Skin Group contributing to the 2018 Impact Factor were:
| Title | Times Cited |
| Emollients and moisturisers for eczema | 23 |
| Systemic pharmacological treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis: a network meta-analysis | 19 |
| Interventions for acne scars | 9 |
| Interventions for female pattern hair loss | 9 |
| Interventions for cutaneous molluscum contagiosum | 8 |
| Systemic antifungal therapy for tinea capitis in children | 7 |
| Drugs for discoid lupus erythematosus | 5 |
| Oral antifungal medication for toenail onychomycosis | 5 |
| Specific allergen immunotherapy for the treatment of atopic eczema | 5 |
| Light therapies for acne | 4 |
Compared with other dermatology journals:
| JAMA Dermatology | 7.995 |
| JAAD | 7.102 |
| BJD | 6.714 |
| JID | 6.290 |
| Contact Dermatitis | 5.504 |
| JEADV | 5.113 |
| Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research | 4.172 |