The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Palaios 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 Palaios?
Palaios is the 27th out of 117 Paleontology journals. This Journal is the 137th out of 509 Geology journals. This Journal is the 291st out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 394th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This Journal is the 2153rd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 3290th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals.
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.
