The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of The Leading Edge 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 The Leading Edge?
The Leading Edge is the 209th out of 509 Geology journals. This Journal is the 430th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 4996th out of 11,479 Physical 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.
