The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Latin American Studies 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 Journal of Latin American Studies?
Journal of Latin American Studies is the 25th out of 232 History of America journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the sub-discipline of History of America. This Journal is the 397th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This Journal is the 594th out of 2,115 History journals. This Journal is the 2031st out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This Journal is the 9341st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals.
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.
