Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that nine of its journals have recently been accepted for tracking by Thomson Reuters and are set to receive their first Impact Factors in June 2009 and June 2011.
The journals Diagnostic Pathology; Implementation Science; Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery; and Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy will receive their first Impact Factor in June 2009. Journals that will receive their first Impact Factor in June 2011 include BMC Biochemistry; BMC Cardiovascular Disorders; BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine; BMC Pediatrics; and Human Resources for Health.
These journals bring to a total of 83 BioMed Central journals that are now indexed in Thomson Reuters.