The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Food Science 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 Food Science?
Journal of Food Science is the 54th out of 273 Food Science and Technology journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the sub-discipline of Food Science and Technology. This Journal is the 91st out of 751 Agriculture journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the discipline of Agriculture. This Journal is the 1679th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the science branch of Life Sciences.
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.
