The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Bulletin of the Marine Geology 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 Marine Geology?
Bulletin of the Marine Geology is the 3rd out of 3 Marine Geology journals. This Journal is the 120th out of 253 Oceanography journals. This Journal is the 192nd out of 506 Geology journals. This Journal is the 397th out of 1,682 Earth Science journals. This Journal is the 4693rd out of 12,155 Physical 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.