The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Sleep Research 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 Sleep Research?
Journal of Sleep Research is the 4th out of 72 Behavioral Neuroscience journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Behavioral Neuroscience. This Journal is the 7th out of 89 Cognitive Neuroscience journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the sub-discipline of Cognitive Neuroscience. This Journal is the 22nd out of 343 Neuroscience journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the sub-discipline of Neuroscience. This Journal is the 452nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 646th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Health Sciences. This Journal is the 654th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the science branch of Life 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.
