The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Heredity 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 Heredity?
Journal of Heredity is the 33rd out of 252 Botany journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the sub-discipline of Botany. This Journal is the 160th out of 504 Biotechnology journals. This Journal is the 214th out of 543 Genetics journals. This Journal is the 265th out of 439 Molecular Biology journals. This Journal is the 1687th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2532nd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 3107th out of 14,350 Health 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.
