The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of Journal of Political Economy 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 Journal of Political Economy 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 Journal of Political Economy?
Journal of Political Economy is the 1st out of 41 Political Economy journals. This means the journal is among the top 3% in the sub-discipline of Political Economy. This Journal is the 26th out of 4,230 Economics journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the discipline of Economics. This Journal is the 87th 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.
