OSA journal portfolio continues to lead Optics category in total citations and articles in Thomson Reuters 2014 JCR - August 1, 2014
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that its full portfolio of journals again leads the Optics category in the total number of citations and total number of articles published according to the 2014 edition of the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR) (Thomson Reuters, 2014). This edition provides… Read More
Journals from IOP Publishing show Impact Factor growth - July 31, 2014
The 2013 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, once again show growth for many of the journals published by IOP Publishing (IOP). This year, more than half of the titles published by IOP have seen an increase in citations from last… Read More
Portland Press Limited announces across-the-board increase in Impact Factors - July 31, 2014
Portland Press Limited, the not-for-profit publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society, has announced an across-the-board increase in Impact Factors for its molecular bioscience publications. The 2013 InCites Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters, 2014) show that Clinical Science, Biochemical Journal, Essays in Biochemistry, Biochemical Society Transactions… Read More
PlumX to include usage statistics from EBSCO databases - June 24, 2014
Metrics from Plum Analytics will now include usage statistics for articles and books that are available from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) databases and EBSCO Discovery Service. The article-level data from these databases will allow Plum Analytics' product PlumX to provide usage statistics on articles and books… Read More
Thomson Reuters promotes Web of Science as its next generation research discovery platform - January 17, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters unveiled its strategy for the next generation Web of Science, a trusted citation index for an important scientific and scholarly literature. A new, user-friendly interface, expanded content and convenient open-web links substantially enhance the Web of Science… Read More
IEEE statement on appropriate use of bibliometric indicators in evaluation of scientific publications - November 19, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE recently issued a statement on the appropriate use of bibliometric indicators in journal citations to emphasise the importance of providing accurate citation counts and other indicators when evaluating the quality and impact of scientific publications. The IEEE recognises the increasing importance of… Read More
BioMed Central journals upgrade to full membership of Peerage of Science - September 4, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced an increased involvement with Peerage of Science, stepping up to full membership for four of its journals - Frontiers in Zoology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and BMC Biology. Peerage of Science is a peer review initiative launched… Read More
Taiwan has most citations per paper in educational research, says research - August 27, 2013
Taiwan has produced the most-cited publications on educational research projects around the world during the past three years. This is according to a recently published research conducted by Tseng Yuen-hsien, a research fellow and deputy head of National Taiwan Normal University's (NTNU's) Information Technology Center. … Read More
Emerald reports Impact Factor increase for journals - July 19, 2013
Following the release of the Journal Citation Reports by Thomson Reuters in June, academic publisher Emerald, UK, has announced increased impact factors for 71 per cent of its titles currently indexed. The report reflects outstanding performances for journals in the Operations and Logistics Management collection.… Read More
Elsevier announces 2012 Journal Impact Factor highlights - July 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2012. According to the 2012 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 53 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2011 to 2012. Furthermore, 17 percent of… Read More
