The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Food Protection 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 Food Protection?
Journal of Food Protection is the 2nd out of 3 Food Safety journals. This Journal is the 4th out of 5 Culinary Arts journals. This Journal is the 13th out of 1,087 The Arts journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of The Arts. This Journal is the 77th out of 273 Food Science and Technology journals. This Journal is the 130th out of 751 Agriculture journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Agriculture. This Journal is the 230th out of 593 Microbiology journals. This Journal is the 1357th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1563rd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2343rd 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.
