The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Animal Cognition 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 Animal Cognition?
Animal Cognition is the 17th out of 117 Experimental Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Experimental Psychology. This Journal is the 169th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 261st out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 934th 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 1228th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1822nd out of 8,993 Life 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.
