The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Applied Gerontology 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 Applied Gerontology?
Journal of Applied Gerontology is the 9th out of 49 Gerontology journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the discipline of Gerontology. This Journal is the 91st out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Nursing. This Journal is the 878th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1985th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% 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.
