The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Sustainable Cities and Society 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 Sustainable Cities and Society?
Sustainable Cities and Society is the 25th out of 568 Energy journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Energy. This Journal is the 50th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 90th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Applied Sciences. This Journal is the 181st out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Physical 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.
