The latest edition of Thomson Reuter's Journal Citation Reports has just been released, with official Impact Factors for a total of 58 BioMed Central journals [Note: 59 to my count]. Impact factors are by no means a perfect quality metric, but these journal citation data provide strong evidence of the growing success of BioMed Central's open access journal portfolio.
Initial Impact Factor for Nutrition & Metabolism, placing it in the top 25% of the NUTRITION & DIETETICS category ...
An increased Impact Factor for BMC Bioinformatics, now ranked #3 of 28 in MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY ...
An increased Impact Factor of Malaria Journal. The TROPICAL MEDICINE category now has open access journals in both the #1 and #2 spots. ...
A significantly increased Impact Factor for Critical Care, ranked #4 of 21 in CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. ...
Of the 59 IFs for BMC journals listed in the post, 12 are new, 29 are improved, and 18 are not improved.
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 7/01/2009 10:30:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
