The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Professional Geographer 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 Professional Geographer?
Professional Geographer is the 50th out of 335 Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Geography. This Journal is the 103rd out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 260th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 2201st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3334th 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.
