The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Water Environment Research 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 Water Environment Research?
Water Environment Research is the 4th out of 27 Limnology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Limnology. This Journal is the 40th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the sub-discipline of Oceanography. This Journal is the 62nd out of 125 Environmental Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 139th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 700th out of 2,661 Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 2049th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% 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.
