The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Psychology and Aging 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 Psychology and Aging?
Psychology and Aging is the 34th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the sub-discipline of Social Psychology. This Journal is the 208th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 749th 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 1533rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the science branch of Life Sciences. This Journal is the 1706th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% 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.
