The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Antiquity 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 Antiquity?
Antiquity is the 40th out of 427 Archaeology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Archaeology. This Journal is the 66th out of 2,115 History journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of History. This Journal is the 117th out of 854 Anthropology journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the discipline of Anthropology. This Journal is the 464th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Social 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.
