The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Information Science 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 Information Science?
Journal of Information Science is the 11th out of 104 Information Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the sub-discipline of Information Science. This Journal is the 134th out of 460 Information Systems journals. This Journal is the 282nd out of 1,026 Computer Science journals. This Journal is the 578th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Formal Sciences. This Journal is the 1911st 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 3031st 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.
