The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Social and Cultural Geography 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 Social and Cultural Geography?
Social and Cultural Geography is the 35th out of 903 Cultural Studies journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the discipline of Cultural Studies. This Journal is the 57th out of 335 Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the sub-discipline of Geography. This Journal is the 119th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This Journal is the 278th out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 2355th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3499th 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.
