The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Cladistics 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 Cladistics?
Cladistics is the 13th out of 44 Evolutionary Biology journals. This Journal is the 22nd out of 252 Botany journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the sub-discipline of Botany. This Journal is the 146th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 13% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 1042nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the discipline of Biology. 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.
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.
