Impressive Impact Factors for Maney’s Health Science titles

20 July 2012 Maney Publishing

Journal Citation Reports from Thomson Reuters

Following the release of the 2011 Journal Citation Reports(JCR) from Thomson Reuters, a resource used to measure the influence and research impact of journals, Maney Publishing is pleased to announce impressive results across its health sciences list.

The results show considerable improvements for a number of health science titles, such as Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Nutritional Neuroscience, and Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (relaunched in 2012 as Pathogens and Global Health).

Citation results show an average increase of 14% across the health science collection and the total citations of Maney’s health titles have also increased, indicating the value of recently published content as well as the retrodigitised archive. This is a greatly appreciated recognition of Maney authors and editors.

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
Jumping 46% to 2.111, JSCM boasts an impressive performance, overtaking its main competitors and leading the way in the field of spinal cord research.

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (now Pathogens and Global Health)
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology increased its Impact Factor to 1.429, ranking it #8 in the Tropical Medicine category.

Nutritional Neuroscience
For the second year running this journal has achieved an increase of 20%, demonstrating an Impact Factor of 1.563.

Hematology
Now the official journal of the International Society of Hematology, Hematology now has an Impact Factor of 1.487, an increase of 11%.

Steven Kirshblum MD, President of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals Inc, was keen to celebrate the achievements of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. “I would like to congratulate Don Bodner, Carolann Murphy, and the editorial board of the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine on having an Impact Factor of 2.111 for 2011, up 46% from 2010. This incredible achievement is testament to their hard work and the quality of papers being published in our journal. Thank you to Maney Publishing for trusting in JSCM's potential to be the premiere journal in the field of spinal cord injury."

Mark Simon, Publishing Director at Maney, comments, “It is clear that the investment that Maney has made in decision support systems, and the development of back issue archives, is continuing to demonstrate benefits for the journals and their users. We would like to express our appreciation of the work of all our editors and reviewers who are vital in the peer review process and the quality of the journals we publish. We also recognise the very important collaborations we have with our society partners.”

For more information regarding Maney’s Health Science titles visit www.maney.co.uk/healthsciences.

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