The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Evolutionary Psychology 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 Evolutionary Psychology?
Evolutionary Psychology is the 2nd out of 5 Evolutionary Psychology journals. This Journal is the 22nd out of 32 Developmental Psychology journals. This Journal is the 54th out of 72 Behavioral Neuroscience journals. This Journal is the 125th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 179th out of 343 Neuroscience journals. This Journal is the 631st out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 2221st out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 2722nd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 3403rd out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This Journal is the 4443rd out of 14,350 Health 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.
