The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of GeroPsych: the Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry 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 GeroPsych: the Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry?
GeroPsych: the Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry is the 32nd out of 49 Gerontology journals. This Journal is the 431st out of 1,172 Nursing journals. This Journal is the 4167th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This Journal is the 5440th 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.
