The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Crime and Delinquency 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 Crime and Delinquency?
Crime and Delinquency is the 11th out of 117 Criminal Law journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Criminal Law. This Journal is the 71st out of 991 Law journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Law. This Journal is the 79th out of 203 Pathology journals. This Journal is the 2201st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3918th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals.
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.
