The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Health and Social Behavior 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 Health and Social Behavior?
Journal of Health and Social Behavior is the 2nd out of 5 Medical Sociology journals. This Journal is the 12th out of 560 Sociology journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of Sociology. This Journal is the 24th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the sub-discipline of Social Psychology. This Journal is the 92nd out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 129th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 488th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1213rd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% 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.
