The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 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 Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency?
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency is the 6th out of 117 Criminal Law journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Criminal Law. This Journal is the 48th out of 991 Law journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the discipline of Law. This Journal is the 81st out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 421st out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 1526th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% 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.
