The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Studies in American Political Development 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 Studies in American Political Development?
Studies in American Political Development is the 59th out of 2,527 History journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the discipline of History. This Journal is the 76th out of 261 Political Science journals. This Journal is the 421st out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 3380th out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% 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.