The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Experimental Astronomy 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 Experimental Astronomy?
Experimental Astronomy is the 27th out of 96 Astronomy journals. This Journal is the 850th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 4048th 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.
