The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Statistical Software 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 Journal of Statistical Software?
Journal of Statistical Software is the 3rd out of 165 Statistics journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Statistics. This Journal is the 39th out of 2,015 Mathematics journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Mathematics. This Journal is the 83rd out of 2,945 Formal Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the science branch of Formal Sciences. This Journal is the 236th out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 546th out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 5% 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.
