The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Psychological Bulletin 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 Psychological Bulletin 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 Psychological Bulletin?
Psychological Bulletin is the 2nd out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 3rd out of 2,175 Psychology journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Psychology. This Journal is the 10th out of 20,139 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Social 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.
