The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of General 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 Journal of General Psychology?
Journal of General Psychology is the 74th out of 117 Experimental Psychology journals. This Journal is the 464th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 810th out of 2,175 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% 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.
