The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 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 Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences?
Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences is the 5th out of 49 Gerontology journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of Gerontology. This Journal is the 19th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Social Psychology. This Journal is the 25th out of 318 Clinical Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Clinical Psychology. This Journal is the 41st out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Nursing. This Journal is the 109th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 426th 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 1091st out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% 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.
