The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Living Reviews in Solar Physics 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 Living Reviews in Solar Physics?
Living Reviews in Solar Physics is the 3rd out of 96 Astronomy journals. This means the journal is among the top 4% in the sub-discipline of Astronomy. This Journal is the 11th out of 2,084 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 33rd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% 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.
