The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Top 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 Top?
Top is the 564th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This Journal is the 869th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This Journal is the 3135th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 4267th out of 11,479 Physical 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.
