The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Child 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 Child Development?
Child Development is the 2nd out of 164 Social Work journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Social Work. This Journal is the 11th out of 388 Pediatrics journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Pediatrics. This Journal is the 26th out of 2,277 Education journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Education. This Journal is the 91st out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 353rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 920th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% 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.
