SPIE journal selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus - October 1, 2012
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that the Journal of Photonics for Energy has been selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus. The journal is published by SPIE with Zakya Kafafi (United States National Science Foundation) serving as Editor-in-Chief. … Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces increased impact factors - August 16, 2012
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, has highest ever number of appearances in the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, with 53 titles and 84 rankings. Eight new titles received their first impact factor, which amounts to a 17.7 percent increase in ranked… Read More
Taylor & Francis bags top rank in JCR Social Science category - August 8, 2012
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group, UK, has reportedly been named the largest global publisher in the Social Science Edition of the recently-released 2011 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Taylor & Francis publishes the top ranked title in 12 subject areas with a further 65 titles… Read More
Universities adopting Mendeley’s data dashboard to accelerate research analytics - August 7, 2012
Various academic institutions in North America, Europe and Asia have signed up to Institutional Edition, a new data dashboard from Mendeley, a UK-based startup. The dashboard analyses the research activity and impact on the global research community in real time - down from the 3-5 year… Read More
Future Science Group journals report significant gains in 2011 impact factor rankings - August 1, 2012
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG), UK, has announced that all three companies operating under the FSG banner saw significant Impact Factor (IF) advances with 81 percent of titles showing improved performance. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters aim to provide a systematic, objective… Read More
Routledge Education continues to build on Impact Factor success - July 31, 2012
Routledge Education, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced that a total of 65 journals are now ranked in the Education and Educational Research category of the Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Routledge journals new to the 2011 JCR (Education & Educational… Read More
Maney Publishing announces increased impact factors for Materials Science and Engineering titles - July 25, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced impressive citation results across its materials science and engineering list. Maney’s materials science and engineering collection achieved an average increase in impact factor of 13 percent and also increased total citations. Many journals have citation half-lives in excess of… Read More
Maney Publishing’s Health Sciences titles post impressive Impact Factors - July 20, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced impressive citation results across its health sciences list following the release of the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Thomson Reuters. The results show considerable improvements for a number of health science titles, such as Journal of Spinal… Read More
Elsevier announces 2011 Journal Impact Factor highlights - July 18, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the highlights of its journal Impact Factor performance in 2011. According to the 2011 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters, Elsevier saw 58 percent of its journal Impact Factors increase from 2010 to 2011, compared to 54 percent… Read More
IEEE Journals report significant gains in 2011 impact factor rankings - July 16, 2012
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the organisation has maintained its position as one of the top publishers of science and technology journals. According to the 2011 Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) released in June 2012, IEEE journals sustained their status as premier scholarly… Read More
