The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Social Indicators Research 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 Social Indicators Research?
Social Indicators Research is the 44th out of 560 Sociology journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Sociology. This Journal is the 108th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 334th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 1193rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% 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.
