The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Optics Communications 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 Optics Communications?
Optics Communications is the 23rd out of 103 Optics journals. This Journal is the 54th out of 160 Chemical Physics journals. This Journal is the 146th out of 311 Physical Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 161st out of 581 Electrical Engineering journals. This Journal is the 562nd out of 1,481 Materials Science journals. This Journal is the 623rd out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 949th out of 2,661 Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 1301st out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 3031st 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.
