The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Research in Personality 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 Research in Personality?
Journal of Research in Personality is the 7th out of 12 Personality Psychology journals. This Journal is the 60th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the sub-discipline of Social Psychology. This Journal is the 320th out of 2,175 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 1131st out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Social 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.
