The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Rural Studies 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 Journal of Rural Studies?
Journal of Rural Studies is the 11th out of 197 Forestry journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Forestry. This Journal is the 15th out of 560 Sociology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Sociology. This Journal is the 31st out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 62nd out of 751 Agriculture journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Agriculture. This Journal is the 516th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1199th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% 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.
