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Thomson ISI have just released the results of the journal impact factor analysis for 2012 – here are some highlights from the materials science category.
Advanced Energy Materials received its first Impact Factor, leaping to 10.043 from a standing start and asserting the Advanced journal family’s traction with the scientific community. This Impact Factor confirms in numbers what was already clear from the content: that AEnM has joined Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials and Small as a top-quality journal, exemplified by the most cited articles to date:
, by Michael F. Toney, Edward J. Kramer, Craig J. Hawker, Michael Chabinyc and co-workers. (over 130 citations)
, by Kyu Tae Lee, Jaephil Cho and co-workers. (over 80 citations)
Advanced Materials topped its previous spectacular performance with a new Impact Factor of 14.829, a 6.86% increase over 2011 (13.877) following on from surges of 28% and 30% in the preceding two years. One key to the success of Advanced Materials is its pronounced interdisciplinarity, manifested in its rare listing in six different topic categories by ISI.
IF:
, by Gang Li, Luping Yu and co-workers. (nearly 850 citations)
, by Rodney S. Ruoff and co-workers. (over 630 citations)
Advanced Functional Materials reinforces its standing as a leading full-paper general materials science journal with its 2012 IF of 9.765. This strong position was maintained due to highly cited articles like by Alex K.-Y. Jen co-workers and by Michael F. Tobey, Zhenan Bao co-workers.
“Advanced Functional Materials continues to be a top choice of the materials science community, always known for its quality as a leading full paper journal. I’m pleased with this result and thank the authors, reviewers, and readers who contribute to the journal, ” said Jörn Ritterbusch, Editor-in-Chief.
Other journals which performed strongly include Nature Materials, with a 2012 impact factor of 35.749 and Progress in Materials Science at 23.194.
With an Impact Factor of 7.823, Small continues to be the premier journal for research at the nano- and microscale.
