The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Early Child Development and Care 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 Early Child Development and Care?
Early Child Development and Care is the 140th out of 250 Educational Psychology journals. This Journal is the 183rd out of 560 Sociology journals. This Journal is the 191st out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 208th out of 388 Pediatrics journals. This Journal is the 459th out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This Journal is the 900th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 4495th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This Journal is the 5631st out of 14,350 Health 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.
