The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Coastal 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 Journal of Coastal Research?
Journal of Coastal Research is the 114th out of 335 Geography journals. This Journal is the 158th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This Journal is the 527th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 626th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This Journal is the 2846th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 4470th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 5901st 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.
