The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Brain Sciences 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 Brain Sciences?
Brain Sciences is the 17th out of 44 Neuropsychiatry journals. This Journal is the 136th out of 592 Psychiatry journals. This Journal is the 1615th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1803rd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the science branch of Health 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.
