The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Marine Geology 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 Geology?
Marine Geology is the 2nd out of 3 Marine Geology journals. This Journal is the 28th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the sub-discipline of Oceanography. This Journal is the 50th out of 506 Geology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Geology. This Journal is the 104th out of 1,682 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 1687th out of 12,155 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Physical 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.
