The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of African Business 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 African Business?
Journal of African Business is the 103rd out of 532 Human Geography journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the discipline of Human Geography. This Journal is the 308th out of 1,786 Business journals. This means the journal is among the top 18% in the sub-discipline of Business. This Journal is the 384th out of 2,293 Economics journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the discipline of Economics. This Journal is the 2201st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 12% 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.
