The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Biodiversity and Conservation 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 Biodiversity and Conservation?
Biodiversity and Conservation is the 154th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 1094th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1517th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 1615th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% 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.
