| Rank |
2004
Impact Factor |
Impact
2000-04 |
Impact
1981-2004 |
1 |
Amer.
Sociol. Review
(2.86)
|
Amer.
Sociol. Review
(7.65)
|
Amer.
Sociol. Review
(39.47) |
2 |
Ann.
Review Sociology
(2.68)
|
Ann.
Review Sociology
(6.24)
|
Amer.
J. Sociology
(33.47) |
3 |
Amer.
J. Sociology
(2.12)
|
Amer.
J. Sociology
(5.85)
|
Ann.
Review Sociology
(27.94) |
4 |
Social
Problems
(1.78)
|
J.
Marriage/Family
(4.45)
|
J.
Marriage/Family
(20.91) |
5 |
Sociologia
Ruralis
(1.62)
|
Sociologia
Ruralis
(3.82)
|
Ethology
& Sociobiology
(18.63) |
6 |
Population/Develop.
Rev.
(1.55)
|
Social
Forces
(3.15)
|
Sociology
of Education
(17.05) |
7 |
Leisure
Sciences
(1.34)
|
Economy
& Society
(3.01)
|
Social
Forces
(14.47)
|
8 |
Soc.
Health & Illness
(1.33)
|
Soc.
Health & Illness
(2.74)
|
Social
Problems
(13.89) |
9 |
J.
Marriage/Family
(1.29)
|
Population/Develop.
Rev.
(2.73)
|
Population/Develop.
Rev.
(13.39) |
10 |
Politics
& Society
(1.28) |
Sociology
of Education
(2.70) |
Sociological
Methodology
(12.92) |
The
above table compares the citation impact of journals in a given
field as measured over three different time spans. The left-hand
column ranks journals based on their 2004 "impact factor,"
as enumerated in the current edition of the ISI Journal Citation
Reports®. The 2004 impact factor is calculated by taking
the number of all current citations to source items published
in a journal over the previous two years and dividing by the
number of articles published in the journal during the same
period—in other words, a ratio between citations and recent
citable items published. The rankings in the next two columns
show impact over longer time spans, based on figures from the
ISI Journal Performance Indicators. In these columns, total
citations to a journal's published papers are divided by the
total number of papers that the journal published, producing
a citations-per-paper impact score over a five-year period (middle
column) and a 24-year period (right-hand column).
SOURCE: Journal Citation Reports and Journal Performance Indicators. |
