Nature Publishing Group journals' 2006 impact factors
The 2006 impact factors for the Nature journals can be viewed at the Author and Reviewers' website. Here is Nature Publishing Group's recent press release about the new (2006) Impact Factors.
In last week's Journal Citation Report (Thomson ISI), Nature Publishing Group (NPG) once again emerged as the high impact publisher. 12 of the top 30 titles are published by NPG. New titles have leapt to the top of their respective categories, and established titles retained their leading positions. Many of NPG's journals published on behalf of societies have also performed well.
NPG established a lead position in the physical science categories. Nature Physics, launched in October 2005, received its first impact factor of 12.04, securing its place as the leading monthly journal in physics. Nature Materials, now with its third impact factor, goes from strength to strength. Its impact factor leapt by 3.25 to 19.19, placing it first in three categories: materials, multidisciplinary; physics, applied; and chemistry, physical. Nature Chemical Biology also received its first impact factor of 12.41, ranking it in the top five monthly research journals in biochemistry and molecular biology.
Nature Methods has become the leading monthly journal in biochemical research methods, with its impact factor soaring from 6.74 to 14.96. NPG's open access journal, Molecular Systems Biology, received its first impact factor of 7.94. The seven journals from the Nature Reviews series, launched between 2001 and 2003, each rank as the leading monthly review journal in their specified category, significantly ahead of any competing review titles.
The Nature journals hold their leading positions across a range of categories. Nature Genetics and Nature Reviews Genetics hold the first and second positions in the category of genetics and heredity. Nature Medicine leads in medicine, research and experimental. Nature Reviews Immunology and Nature Immunology are the top monthly journals in immunology. Nature Reviews Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience lead in the category of neuroscience. The category of cell biology is dominated by Nature journals - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (first), Nature Medicine (third), Nature Cell Biology (fifth) and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (thirteenth).
NPG's academic and society journals also excelled, with most titles showing an increase in impact. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology secured an impact factor of 4.53 and is once again first among dermatology journals. Molecular Psychiatry ranks second in psychiatry with an impact factor of 11.8. Oncogene and Leukemia rank in the top 20 for oncology journals, and EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports also appear in the top 20 for cell biology journals. Cell Research's impact factor has risen to 3.4, making it the highest ranking journal in China and one of the highest in Asia. Cell Research is published on behalf of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Nature retains its position as the most cited weekly science journal, with more than 390,000 citationa, an increase of almost 18,000 on last year's count. Nature continues to publish more articles than any other multidisciplinary journal.
"We are delighted with NPG's overall success this year, which sees the strengthening position of our new journals and the continued performance of our established titles. The authors that choose to publish with NPG are to be thanked for our strong results, says Annette Thomas, the company's Managing Director. NPG's service to societies remains strong, invigorating established titles with new content and new technology. We remain committed to high impact, innovative publishing."
This press release and all others can be viewed in the NPG press room.
The impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years. It is an independent measure calculated by Thomson/ISI (Institute for Scientific Information), Philadephia, USA.See the Author and Reviewers' website for more explanation of impact factors.
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The word "genetics" is misspelled as "benetics"
Maxine adds: thank you. I have corrected the typing error in the post.
Posted by: Sungjune Kim | May 8, 2008 02:01 AM