American Journal of Science
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

American Journal of Science
Overview

Impact Factor

5.772

H Index

117

Impact Factor

4.833

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 29599
Publisher: American Journal of Science
History: 1947-1948, 1969, 1973, 1975-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The American Journal of Science (AJS), founded in 1818 by Benjamin Silliman, is the oldest scientific journal in the United States that has been published continuously. The Journal is devoted to geology and related sciences and publishes articles from around the world presenting results of major research from all earth sciences. Readers are primarily earth scientists in academia and government institutions.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



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SCR Impact Factor

American Journal of Science
SCR Journal Ranking

American Journal of Science
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

2.638

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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American Journal of Science
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    3.239 5.137 5.236
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.833 5.429 5.084
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    5.094 4.489 4.437
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    2.954 3.391 3.811
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    3.382 3.812 4.267
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    3.965 4.234 4.435
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.9 4.162 4.007
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.222 3.22 3.796
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    3.034 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    4.179 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    3.631 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    2.75 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    3.097 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    2.277 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    1.986 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    2.507 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    2.803 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    2.481 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    2.373 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    4.328 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    3.446 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    3.549 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    2.268 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

American Journal of Science
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History