Adoption & Fostering

Total citations made in the JCR year to content published in a journal in the prior two years are divided by the number of articles and reviews published by the journal in the prior two years.

Total citations made in the JCR year to content published in a journal in the prior five years are divided by the number of articles and reviews published by the journal in the prior five years.

Family Studies 50 out of 66

The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is a measure of citation impact that is normalized by subject category. It is calculated using citations from items published in the JCI year and prior three years, to items published in the prior three years. Because of the category normalization, a score of 1 means that articles in a journal received a number of citations equal to the average citation count in that subject category.

Health (social science) 251 out of 376 | Law 464 out of 1105 | Social Psychology 246 out of 313 | Sociology and Political Science 741 out of 1497

Scopus provides the journal's CiteScore, which is calculated as the total citations made in the CiteScore year and the prior three years to content published in the CiteScore year and the prior three years, divided by the total number of items published by the journal in the CiteScore year and prior three years.

Health (social science) 222 out of 383 | Human Factors and Ergonomics 34 out of 54 | Law 360 out of 1089 | Social Psychology 216 out of 312 | Sociology and Political Science 612 out of 1461

The SJR weighs incoming citations according to the prestige of the publications they come from. Total, weighted citations made in the SCImago year to content published in a journal in the prior three years are divided by the total number of items published by the journal in the prior three years.