The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Developmental Psychology 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 Developmental Psychology?
Developmental Psychology is the 6th out of 145 Demography journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Demography. This Journal is the 6th out of 32 Developmental Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the sub-discipline of Developmental Psychology. This Journal is the 21st out of 250 Educational Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the sub-discipline of Educational Psychology. This Journal is the 183rd out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 654th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% 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.
