The 2013 Journal Citation Report (JCR) has been released by Thomson ISI and the impact factor for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is 5.939. This is an increase on the 2012 impact factor, which was 5.785. The CPHG's unofficial Impact Factor for 2013 is 29.5. A breakdown of citations and downloads produced by The Cochrane Library publishers is here, which shows that, CPHG current publication numbers are few but they are well-sought after topics that are highly accessed!

The CPHG review, Interventions for preventing obesity in children contirubted significantly to this achievement, with it being the highest cited review for the 2012-2013 measurement peiod. The author team are currently updating this review.