The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of American Journal of Botany 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 American Journal of Botany?
American Journal of Botany is the 27th out of 252 Botany journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the sub-discipline of Botany. This Journal is the 185th out of 543 Genetics journals. This Journal is the 212nd out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 1457th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2173rd out of 8,993 Life 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.
