The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Marine Biology 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 Marine Biology?
Marine Biology is the 2nd out of 21 Marine Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Marine Biology. This Journal is the 250th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This Journal is the 1617th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2428th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2460th out of 11,479 Physical 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.
