The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Sustainability Science 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 Sustainability Science?
Sustainability Science is the 10th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 48th out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 198th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 342nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 480th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 490th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% 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.
