Nature most highly cited journal in the JCR - July 1, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it achieved outstanding results, with Nature's Impact Factor for 2010 reaching a new high of 36.101. Nature articles received over 500,000 citations in 2010, making it the most highly cited journal in the 2010 Journal Citation… Read More
IOP Publishing journals post impressive impact factors for seventh consecutive year - June 30, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced that the 2010 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, show significant growth for many of its journals for the seventh consecutive year. This year, 73 percent of the titles published by IOP have seen… Read More
Thomson Reuters releases 2010 Journal Citation Reports - June 29, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the release of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports (JCR). JCR claims to be the world's most influential source of information about highly-cited, peer reviewed publications and the source of the new Journal Impact Factors. The 2010 release features… Read More
AIP Publishing launches article-level metrics for new OA journal, AIP Advances - June 22, 2011
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced the launch of article-level metrics for its new, open access journal AIP Advances. The COUNTER 3-compliant tool measures abstract and full-text article views and offers a graphical snapshot of… Read More
Italian National Research Council selects Thomson Reuters new Web of Knowledge platform for 108 member institutions - June 9, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Italian National Research Council (CNR) has selected the new Web of Knowledge platform as an important source of citation data and analysis for its 108 member institutions. CNR is one of the largest public research organisations… Read More
Springer publication listed in Science Citation Index-Expanded - May 18, 2011
Research analytics and decision support citation data services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Building Simulation, an international journal co-published by Springer and Tsinghua University Press, is now listed in the Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E). The quarterly journal has been covered in the index from… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches new Web of Knowledge with better functionality and features - April 4, 2011
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of the new Web of Knowledge. This latest release of the leading source of scholarly research and citation data delivers better functionality and new features. Launched more than a decade ago, Web of Knowledge has… Read More
Asia Pacific dominates chemistry research output, says Thomson Reuters analysis - March 28, 2011
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has released an analysis, according to which the Asia Pacific region has become the dominant producer of research papers in chemistry. The region contributed about 43 percent of research papers published in the internationally influential journals indexed by Thomson Reuters.… Read More
2010 rankings of Asia-Pacific research institutions as per Nature Publishing Index released - March 25, 2011
Science journal Nature has published a supplement this week on the 2010 rankings of research institutions and countries in the Asia-Pacific based on the Nature Publishing Index, a measure of the output of research articles in Nature journals. This was announced by Nature Editor-in-Chief Philip Campbell. The rankings in… Read More
US dominates Nature Publishing Index Global Top 50 - March 24, 2011
Institutions in the US dominate a new ranking of the world's top 50 institutions. The Nature Publishing Index Global Top 50 ranks the top 50 institutions in the world, according to their output of primary research articles in Nature research journals in 2010. Launched as a beta website at
