The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Community Psychology 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 Community Psychology?
Journal of Community Psychology is the 2nd out of 8 Community Psychology journals. This Journal is the 12th out of 164 Social Work journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Social Work. This Journal is the 89th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 464th out of 2,175 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 1759th out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the science branch of Social 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.