The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Economic Geography 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 Economic Geography?
Economic Geography is the 1st out of 5 Economic Geography journals. This Journal is the 14th out of 335 Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the sub-discipline of Geography. This Journal is the 32nd out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 65th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 128th out of 2,293 Economics journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the discipline of Economics. This Journal is the 581st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1163rd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% 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.
