The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Human Evolution 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 Human Evolution?
Journal of Human Evolution is the 15th out of 44 Evolutionary Biology journals. This Journal is the 18th out of 854 Anthropology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Anthropology. This Journal is the 93rd out of 2,277 Education journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Education. This Journal is the 169th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 934th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1228th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1822nd out of 8,993 Life 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.
