The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Eastern African Studies 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 Eastern African Studies?
Journal of Eastern African Studies is the 47th out of 2,115 History journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of History. This Journal is the 55th out of 903 Cultural Studies journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Cultural Studies. This Journal is the 88th out of 854 Anthropology journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the discipline of Anthropology. This Journal is the 348th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 2907th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 16% in the science branch of Social 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.
