The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Materials Science Forum 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 Materials Science Forum?
Materials Science Forum is the 234th out of 311 Physical Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 264th out of 320 Mechanics of Materials journals. This Journal is the 344th out of 551 Mechanics journals. This Journal is the 350th out of 428 Condensed Matter Physics journals. This Journal is the 481st out of 667 Mechanical Engineering journals. This Journal is the 1024th out of 1,481 Materials Science journals. This Journal is the 1282nd out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 1681st out of 2,661 Chemistry journals. This Journal is the 2599th out of 4,401 Applied Sciences journals. This Journal is the 6566th out of 11,479 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.
