we published an editorial cautioning against the misuse of impact factors (IFs) 1. Now that the journal is well established, we decided to examine more closely what it means to have a high IF.

The prominent academic journal Chemosphere is the latest title to lose its impact factor—a metric often ... reported was an order of magnitude too high. Elsevier, the Dutch giant that publishes ...

and so the impact factor, which is the mean citation rate, is a poor measure of the typical paper in that journal; this is true of high- and low-impact journals alike. In fact, most papers are ...

BMJ is a partially open-access peer-reviewed medical journal. Originally called the ... around the world through its publication of high-impact original research articles and unique case reports.

Our impact factor results this ... Because of your high standards and excellent work, we are accelerating the growth, dissemination, application and impact of chemical science knowledge through our ...

This title is part of a longer publication history. The full run of this journal will be searched. TITLE HISTORY A title history is the publication history of a journal and includes a listing of the ...

The journal publishes research on 133 different topics, covering the entirety of the chemical sciences including multidisciplinary and emerging areas. With an impact factor* consistently above 3 since ...