The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics?
Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics is the 23rd out of 47 Astrophysics journals. This Journal is the 40th out of 96 Astronomy journals. This Journal is the 1233rd out of 2,084 Physics journals. This Journal is the 6211st 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.
