The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 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 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry?
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry is the 39th out of 991 Law journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Law. This Journal is the 59th out of 203 Pathology journals. This Journal is the 201st out of 592 Psychiatry journals. This Journal is the 1267th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 2716th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% 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.
