New Impact Factors Released

Thomson Reuters has published the most current citation statistics for scientific journals, and the rankings hold a few surprises.

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The latest citation statistics for scientific journals came out last week, and the rankings—which track the previous year's citation numbers—include some familiar titles and some surprises. CA – A Cancer Journal for Clinicians topped the 2011 impact-factor list, which is published annually by Thomson Reuters, with a rating of 101.78, retaining its top spot from last year. The New England Journal of Medicine came in second with an impact factor of 53.298, with Annual Review of Immunology and Reviews of Modern Physics following at impact factors of 52.761 and 43.933, respectively. Closing out the top 10 were Chemical Reviews (40.197), Nature Reviews Molecular Biology (39.123), Lancet (38.278), Nature Reviews Genetics (38.075), Nature Reviews Cancer (37.545), and Advances in Physics (37.00). Perennial list toppers Nature, Cell, ...

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Bob Grant
From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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