The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Global Environmental Change 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 Global Environmental Change?
Global Environmental Change is the 2nd out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 19th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 51st out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 153rd out of 6,760 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 186th out of 12,155 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 203rd out of 9,726 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% 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.
