0.5(top 21%)
Impact Factor
0.5(top 21%)
extended IF
200(top 1%)
H-Index
326
authors
7.7K
papers
268.5K
citations
19.4K
citing journals
77.4K
citing authors
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Impact Factor of Scientific American based on the number of citations over 2-year window
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Scientific American 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 Scientific American?

Scientific American is the 51st out of 116 General Sciences journals. This Journal is the 212nd out of 2,115 History journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of History. This Journal is the 5838th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals.