The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Child: Care, Health and Development 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 Child: Care, Health and Development?
Child: Care, Health and Development is the 13th out of 32 Developmental Psychology journals. This Journal is the 68th out of 388 Pediatrics journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Pediatrics. This Journal is the 208th out of 805 Public Health journals. This Journal is the 334th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 1193rd 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 2596th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the science branch of Health 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.
