The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Latin American Geography 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 Journal of Latin American Geography?
Journal of Latin American Geography is the 100th out of 335 Geography journals. This Journal is the 244th out of 532 Human Geography journals. This Journal is the 461st out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 4495th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This Journal is the 5271st 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.
