The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 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 Geophysical Research: Oceans?
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans is the 20th out of 133 Geophysics journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the sub-discipline of Geophysics. This Journal is the 28th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the sub-discipline of Oceanography. This Journal is the 104th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 329th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 1687th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the science branch of Physical 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.
