Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group, a division of Informa plc, has announced that it is now the largest global publisher of ranked Social Science journals. According to the publisher, it has seen more titles newly listed in the Social Science Edition of the 2010 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) than any other publisher.
Seven hundred and eighty four titles are now included in the Web of Science. About 659 Taylor & Francis titles have been ranked with an impact factor in the 2010 Thomson Reuters JCR.
The number of Taylor & Francis titles included in the Web of Science has increased by 15 percent from last year and by 34 percent from June 2009. The number of JCR-listed journals published by Taylor & Francis Group is 28 percent higher than in the 2009 release. The company claims to have had 110 newly-listed titles in the JCR this year with a further 33 titles due to receive Impact Factors in the next few years.
Taylor & Francis now publishes the top ranked title in 10 subject areas with a further 66 titles ranked in the top ten of their subject category.
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