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Wiley-Blackwell’s Portfolio Now Includes over 900 Journals with Impact Factors
Hoboken, N.J., June 24, 2008 — Global publisher Wiley-Blackwell, which is part of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced that it has over 900 journals included in the Thomson ISI® 2007 Journal Citation Reports. Of these, many showed dramatic increases in Impact Factors across the majority of subject areas. In addition, Wiley-Blackwell titles are ranked number one in 31 categories including Mass Spectrometry Reviews (Spectroscopy), Addiction (Substance Abuse), Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research), Child Development (Psychology, Education), and Global Ecology and Biogeography (Geography, Physical).
"The results of this report reflect not only our commitment to working with our editors, societies and authors to help make important contributions to advances in knowledge in the fields in which we publish, but also our dedication to enabling the widest access to current issues," said Eric A. Swanson, Senior Vice President, Wiley-Blackwell.
Impact factors are a metric that reflect the frequency that peer-reviewed journals are cited by researchers, making them one tool for evaluating a journal’s quality.
Highlights in the medical sciences include Obesity Reviews (Endocrinology & Metabolism) with its first Impact Factor of 7.821 and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Medicine, General & Internal) with 4.654. The Journal of Sexual Medicine continues to increase its place in the field at 6.199, and ranking second in the urology and nephrology category.
In the field of chemistry, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis confirmed its number one position in the applied chemistry category for the fourth straight year; Fuel Cells received its first Impact Factor of 3.273; and for the last two years, Angewandte Chemie, a journal of the German Chemical Society, has receivedan Impact Factor above 10.
Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research received its first Impact Factor; the International Endodontic Journal added almost a point increase to its Impact Factor; and Periodontology 2000 increased its ranking from fourth to number one in its field. Wiley-Blackwell now has the top six dentistry journals in the top 10 in the dentistry, oral surgery and medicine category.
In the social sciences and humanities, a number of journals increased their Impact Factors substantially including the British Journal of Sociology with an increase of 145% and Sustainable Development which increased its Impact Factor by 173%.
In the area of life sciences, Biological Reviews increased its Impact Factor from 5.565 to 8.833; FEMS Microbiology Reviews increased its Impact Factor to 9.25; and for the fourth consecutive year Ecology Letters increased its Impact Factor—now 8.204.
About Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell was formed in February 2007 as a result of the acquisition of Blackwell Publishing Ltd. by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and its merger with Wiley’s Scientific, Technical, and Medical business. Together, the companies have created a global publishing business with deep strength in every major academic and professional field. Wiley-Blackwell publishes approximately 1,400 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and an extensive collection of books with global appeal. For more information on Wiley-Blackwell, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com or http://interscience.wiley.com.
About Wiley
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of information and understanding for 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Since 1901, Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 350 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature, Economics, Physiology/Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
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