The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Political Psychology 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 Political Psychology?
Political Psychology is the 1st out of 4 Political Psychology journals. This Journal is the 9th out of 261 Political Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Political Science. This Journal is the 31st out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Social Psychology. This Journal is the 50th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 196th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 703rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% 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.
