The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced that AIP journals produced nearly one quarter of the articles in the Applied Physics category last year, and received almost 40 percent of all the cited references in the category. These numbers are among the figures reported in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2010).
The journals Applied Physics Letters (APL) and Journal of Applied Physics (JAP) 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.
AIP has also announced the results of JCR rankings for a number of its other highly respected publications. The Journal of Chemical Physics 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. Biomicrofluidics saw a 25 percent jump in impact factor to 2.895, placing it in the top 5 in Fluids & Plasmas in just its second year being tracked by Thomson Reuters.
AIP's flagship magazine, Physics Today also saw a significant rise in its impact factor of more than 20 percent to 4.437. Physics of Plasmas was again the most highly cited journal dedicated entirely to plasma physics. Physics of Fluids 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 is the third most highly cited of the 56 journals in Instruments & Instrumentation. Journal of Mathematical Physics enjoyed a more than 20 percent increase in its impact factor.
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