The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of World Development 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 World Development?
World Development is the 1st out of 10 Development Studies journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Development Studies. This Journal is the 19th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 273rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Social 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.
