The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 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 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory?
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory is the 3rd out of 4 Information Theory journals. This Journal is the 94th out of 460 Information Systems journals. This Journal is the 119th out of 837 Applied Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Applied Mathematics. This Journal is the 184th out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This Journal is the 205th out of 1,026 Computer Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the discipline of Computer Science. This Journal is the 220th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of Mathematics. This Journal is the 386th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Formal Sciences. This Journal is the 1007th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 1267th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 2260th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Physical 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.
