The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Digital Investigation 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 Digital Investigation?
Digital Investigation is the 142nd out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the sub-discipline of Software Engineering. This Journal is the 815th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 19% in the science branch of Applied Sciences. This Journal is the 934th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1768th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 2081st out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 15% in the science branch of Health 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.
