The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Web Semantics 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 Web Semantics?
Web Semantics is the 1st out of 18 Semantics journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the sub-discipline of Semantics. This Journal is the 24th out of 1,792 Linguistics journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Linguistics. This Journal is the 158th out of 736 Software Engineering journals. This Journal is the 889th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 1067th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 1939th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% 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.
