The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of International Review for the Sociology of Sport 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 International Review for the Sociology of Sport?
International Review for the Sociology of Sport is the 1st out of 4 Sociology of Sport journals. This Journal 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 99th out of 560 Sociology journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the discipline of Sociology. 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.
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.
