The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 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 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History?
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History is the 1st out of 72 Natural History journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the sub-discipline of Natural History. This Journal is the 5th out of 2,115 History journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of History. This Journal is the 113rd out of 1,129 Ecology journals. This means the journal is among the top 11% in the sub-discipline of Ecology. This Journal is the 541st out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 852nd out of 5,258 Biology journals. This means the journal is among the top 17% in the discipline of Biology. This Journal is the 1114th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 10% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 1251st out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the science branch of Life 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.
