Subject:
AIP Applied Physics Journals Top the Thomson Reuters Rankings Again in
2009 |
From:
"Bruce Shriver" <BSHRIVER@aip.org> |
Date:
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:34:45 -0400 |
To:
"Bruce Shriver" <BSHRIVER@aip.org> |
AIP Applied Physics Journals Top the Thomson Reuters Rankings Again in 2009 Melville, NY, June 18, 2010 - The outstanding performance of American Institute of Physics journals in 2009-most notably Applied Physics Letters (APL) and Journal of Applied Physics (JAP)-highlights AIP’s continued dominance of the 105 journals tracked in Thomson Reuters’ Applied Physics category. All told, AIP journals produced nearly one quarter of the articles in the field last year, and received almost 40% of all the cited references in the category. These impressive numbers are among the figures reported yesterday in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2010). Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics once again ranked as the first and second most highly cited journals in their category. APL (apl.aip.org), the most highly cited journal in Applied Physics, garnered 186,353 citations during 2009 and JAP (jap.aip.org) received 115,445. “The long-term value and relevancy of APL and JAP is made evident by the number of citations they receive, perennially placing them among the most highly cited in their field,” said John Haynes, AIP’s Vice President of Publishing. “Led by these two prestigious publications-which rank as the second and third largest science journals in the world-AIP content has grown by more than half in the past decade. The rankings of APL and JAP are perhaps even more impressive in light of the fact that more than 7,300 journals are indexed in the Journal Citation Reports.” AIP is also pleased to announce the results of JCR rankings for a number of its other highly respected publications: ● The Journal of Chemical Physics (jcp.aip.org) was the most highly cited of the 33 journals in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics, coming close to equaling the total number of citations of the next three journals combined. Of all 336 physics journals in the JCR, JCP was the fourth most highly cited, with a total of more than 175,000 citations. ● Biomicrofluidics (bmf.aip.org) saw a 25% jump in impact factor to 2.895, placing it solidly in the top 5 in Fluids & Plasmas in just its second year being tracked by Thomson Reuters. ● Physics Today (www.physicstoday.org), AIP’s flagship magazine, also saw a significant rise in its impact factor of more than 20% to 4.437. ● Physics of Plasmas (pop.aip.org) was again the most highly cited journal dedicated entirely to plasma physics. ● Physics of Fluids (pof.aip.org) was the second most highly cited of the 123 journals in Mechanics and the third most highly cited of 28 journals in Fluids & Plasmas. ● Review of Scientific Instruments (rsi.aip.org) is the third most highly cited of the 56 journals in Instruments & Instrumentation. ● Journal of Mathematical Physics (jmp.aip.org) enjoyed a more than 20% increase in its impact factor and, as it has for many years, posted a half-life of >10 years. “Look across our entire program and the story is the same-AIP journals count the top researchers in their fields as Editors, editorial board members, and in particular, as authors and referees,” said Mark Cassar, AIP’s Publisher of Journals and Technical Publications. “As a result, it’s really no surprise that our citation rankings are consistently high. This demonstrates quite clearly that a large number of researchers across a broad range of disciplines are building upon the work published in AIP journals. At this time we thank all of our authors, editors, and referees for their continued support.” About AIP The American Institute of Physics is a federation of 10 physical science societies representing more than 135,000 scientists, engineers, and educators and is one of the world’s largest publishers of scientific information in physics. Offering full-solution publishing services for scientific societies and for similar organizations in science and engineering, AIP pursues innovation in electronic publishing of scholarly journals. AIP publishes 12 journals; two magazines, including its flagship publication Physics Today; and the AIP Conference Proceedings series. Its online publishing platform Scitation hosts nearly two million articles from more than 185 scholarly journals and other publications of 28 learned society publishers. For more information, please contact: Lori Carlin Director, Fulfillment & Marketing American Institute of Physics Email: lscarlin@aip.org Phone: +1 516-576-2279
Subject:
University of Chicago Press Journals Earn Top Impact Factor Rankings |
From:
Kevin Stacey <kstacey@uchicago.edu> |
Date:
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:00:02 -0500 |
To:
"serialst@list.uvm.edu" <serialst@list.uvm.edu> |
For Immediate Release The University of Chicago Press Contact: Kevin Stacey / kstacey@press.uchicago.edu / 773-834-0386 University of Chicago Press Journals Earn Top Impact Factor Rankings The latest Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Thomson Reuters again place The University of Chicago Press journals at the top of their fields. Fifteen of the thirty-two Press journals rated have impact factors in the top ten of their respective categories, with eight journals ranking in the top five. Calculated each year, JCR impact factors measure how often articles in a given journal are cited in other peer reviewed publications. For the third straight year The American Historical Review ranked first in the "History" category, and was joined at the top this year by The Journal of Modern History (fourth) and the Journal of British Studies (sixth). Other journals ranked in the top five include The American Journal of Sociology (second in "Sociology"), Journal of Labor Economics (third in "Industrial Relations & Labor"), Clinical Infectious Diseases and Journal of Infectious Diseases (second and fourth respectively in "Infectious Diseases"), and Ethics (third in "Ethics") "While impact factors shouldn't be considered the lone measure of a journal's quality, we're nonetheless very pleased that our journals consistently score well," said Everett Conner, Journals Division Manager. "I'm very proud of our journal editors, editorial boards, peer reviewers, and contributors who continue to produce important and enduring scholarship in a wide variety of disciplines."3) Increase in rankings for Cambridge University Press Journals
Subject:
Increase in rankings for Cambridge University Press Journals |
From:
Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org> |
Date:
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:28:54 -0400 |
To:
SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum <SERIALST@list.uvm.edu> |
With apologies for cross-posting 25th June 2010, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA For immediate release Cambridge University Press has again hit a high in the recent Thomson Reuters 2009 Journal Citation Reports® with CUP titles Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Microscopy and Microanalysis (Published for the Microscopy Society of America) both ranked as number 1 in their categories for a second consecutive year. Overall, Cambridge journals have also seen a robust average increase in Impact Factor of almost 14%. These strong performances are consistent across our publishing programme. Cambridge’s Humanities and Social Science journals saw an average increase of 18%, performing well against a 4.3% average increase in the SSCI, and our Science, Technology and Medicine journals increased by 10% in comparison to a 2.8% average increase in the SCI. Over a quarter of Cambridge journals ranked appear within the top 10 of their categories including Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (Published on behalf of The Nutrition Society), Psychological Medicine, Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, American Political Science Review (Published for the American Political Science Association), The China Quarterly (Published for the School of Oriental and African Studies), International Organization (Published on behalf of the International Organization Foundation) and The Journal of African History. There are seven Cambridge Journals receiving Impact Factors for the first time, including Journal of K-Theory (Published for Independent Scholarly Online and Print Publishing), The Review of Symbolic Logic (Published for the Association of Symbolic Logic), European Review of Economic History (Published for the European Historical Economics Society), Journal of African Law (Published for the School of Oriental and African Studies), Japanese Journal of Political Science, Language Variation and Change and Nordic Journal of Linguistics (Published for The Nordic Association of Linguists). High Performances from Individual Journals In the SCI, two journals in particular saw considerable increases in their Impact Factors. Glasgow Mathematical Journal (Published for the Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust) rose by 128% to 0.629 compared with an average increase in Mathematics of 12.4%. Neuron Glia Biology gained an Impact Factor of 1.938 - an increase of 107% compared to an average increase of 0.2% in the Neurosciences category. In the SSCI, the Impact Factors of American Political Science Review (Published for the American Political Science Association), Continuity and Change and Language and Society all rose by over 80% each. For further information regarding Cambridge Impact Factors contact: gswanson@cambridge.org For further information regarding Impact Factors please go to: http://www.scientific.thomson.com/ Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide. About Cambridge University Press Journals Cambridge University Press publishes over 250 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic publications in their fields and together they form one of the most valuable and comprehensive collections of research available today. About Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, one of the world’s leading research institutions and winner of 81 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge University Press advances learning, knowledge and research worldwide. It publishes over 250 journals and over 2,500 books a year for distribution in more than 200 countries. Other links: For Cambridge Journals please go to: http://www.journals.cambridge.org For Cambridge University Press please go to: http://www.cambridge.org For The University of Cambridge please go to: http://www.cam.ac.uk Susan Soule Journals Marketing Manager Cambridge University Press, Americas ----- ssoule@cambridge.org Tel: 212-337-5019 Cell: 646-468-4942 Fax: 212-337-5959