The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Annals of the American Association of Geographers 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 Annals of the American Association of Geographers?
Annals of the American Association of Geographers is the 31st out of 335 Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Geography. This Journal is the 60th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 157th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 1267th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 2260th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% 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.
