The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 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 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity?
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity is the 1st out of 2 Neuroimmunology journals. This Journal is the 1st out of 72 Behavioral Neuroscience journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the sub-discipline of Behavioral Neuroscience. This Journal is the 3rd out of 343 Neuroscience journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the sub-discipline of Neuroscience. This Journal is the 9th out of 434 Immunology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the sub-discipline of Immunology. This Journal is the 57th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 73rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Life 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.
