The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of American Journal of Physical Anthropology 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 Physical Anthropology?
American Journal of Physical Anthropology is the 13th out of 91 Anatomy journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Anatomy. This Journal is the 21st out of 44 Evolutionary Biology journals. This Journal is the 26th out of 854 Anthropology journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Anthropology. This Journal is the 1267th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1507th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2256th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 2716th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the science branch of Health 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.
