The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Scientometrics 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 Scientometrics?
Scientometrics is the 6th out of 104 Information Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Information Science. This Journal is the 152nd out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This Journal is the 164th out of 1,026 Computer Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the discipline of Computer Science. This Journal is the 298th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Formal Sciences. This Journal is the 857th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Applied Sciences. This Journal is the 1008th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1867th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% 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.
