The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Physical Review Applied 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 Physical Review Applied?
Physical Review Applied is the 11th out of 71 Applied Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the sub-discipline of Applied Physics. This Journal is the 178th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 964th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% 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.
