The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Social Neuroscience 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 Social Neuroscience?
Social Neuroscience is the 46th out of 72 Behavioral Neuroscience journals. This Journal is the 96th out of 340 Social Psychology journals. This Journal is the 150th out of 343 Neuroscience journals. This Journal is the 487th out of 2,014 Psychology journals. This Journal is the 1877th out of 5,258 Biology journals. This Journal is the 1911st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 2855th out of 8,993 Life 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.
