The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 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 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science?
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science is the 3rd out of 12 Planetary Science journals. This Journal is the 72nd out of 1,091 Earth Science journals. This means the journal is among the top 7% in the discipline of Earth Science. This Journal is the 1225th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% 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.
