The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics and its the corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.
How Influential is Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics?
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics is the 2nd out of 6 Solid State Physics journals. This Journal is the 532nd out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 2574th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.
