The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Assessment 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 Assessment?
Assessment is the 40th out of 271 Applied Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the sub-discipline of Applied Psychology. This Journal is the 48th out of 318 Clinical Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the discipline of Clinical Psychology. This Journal is the 196th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 703rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1633rd 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.
