The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Frontiers in Materials 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 Frontiers in Materials?
Frontiers in Materials is the 249th out of 1,481 Materials Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the discipline of Materials Science. This Journal is the 413rd out of 2,661 Chemistry journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the discipline of Chemistry. This Journal is the 1163rd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Physical 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.
