The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Advances in Medical Sociology 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 Advances in Medical Sociology?
Advances in Medical Sociology is the 3rd out of 5 Medical Sociology journals. This Journal is the 157th out of 560 Sociology journals. This Journal is the 460th out of 805 Public Health journals. This Journal is the 3672nd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 20% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 5180th out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals.
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.
