The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Applied Network 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 Applied Network Science?
Applied Network Science is the 19th out of 116 General Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the science branch of General Sciences. This Journal is the 21st out of 150 Computational Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the sub-discipline of Computational Mathematics. This Journal is the 178th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Mathematics. This Journal is the 316th out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the science branch of Formal 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.
