The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Science and Public Policy 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 Science and Public Policy?
Science and Public Policy is the 95th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 2038th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3182nd out of 11,479 Physical 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.
