The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics 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 Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics?
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics is the 26th out of 108 Mathematical Physics journals. This Journal is the 59th out of 160 Chemical Physics journals. This Journal is the 685th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 3334th 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.
