The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Ageing and Society 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 Ageing and Society?
Ageing and Society is the 26th out of 49 Gerontology journals. This Journal is the 275th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 581st out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 2355th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 4086th 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.
