The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of American History 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 Journal of American History?
Journal of American History is the 8th out of 14 History of the United States journals. This Journal is the 49th out of 232 History of America journals. This Journal is the 921st out of 2,115 History journals. This Journal is the 2766th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This Journal is the 11269th out of 18,687 Social 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.
