The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 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.This graph shows how the impact factor of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is computed. The left axis depicts the number of papers published in years X-1 and X2, and the right axis displays their citations in year X.
How Influential is Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society?
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is the 13th out of 94 Astronomy journals. This means the journal is among the top 14% in the sub-discipline of Astronomy. This Journal is the 169th out of 2,076 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 9% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 934th out of 12,155 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% 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.
