The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Homosexuality 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 Homosexuality?
Journal of Homosexuality is the 69th out of 560 Sociology journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the discipline of Sociology. This Journal is the 89th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 196th out of 2,277 Education journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Education. This Journal is the 464th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 1759th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3424th 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.
