The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Ocean and Coastal Management 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 Ocean and Coastal Management?
Ocean and Coastal Management is the 19th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the sub-discipline of Oceanography. 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 1163rd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 1294th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the science branch of Life 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.
