IF Gains for 61% of the Lippincott Portfolio with 30 Lippincott Titles Increasing 25% or More; 78% of the Medknow Journals Increased Their IF Scores.
Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced Impact Factor gains across its Lippincott and Medknow journal portfolio. The latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings are based on the 2016 Journal Citation Report (Clarivate Analytics).
The Medknow open access journal portfolio had a stellar performance with 78% of the 32 titles listed in the JCR seeing an increase in their IF rating over the previous year. Six journals saw significant gains including the International Journal of Shoulder Surgery, Neural Regeneration Research, CytoJournal, National Medical Journal of India, Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, and Journal of Research in Medical Sciences.
For Lippincott’s 201 titles listed in the JCR rankings 61% of the journals had gains over the previous year with 15 titles increasing 25% or more. Lippincott publishes the #1 ranked titles in the following subject categories: Education, Scientific Disciplines, Hematology, Peripheral & Vascular Disease, Rehabilitation, and Surgery.
In the top 5 ranks, Lippincott holds 25 spots across 18 specialties; in the top 10 rankings Lippincott holds 51 spots across 33 specialties; and rounding out the top 20 rankings, Lippincott holds 91 spots across 44 specialties.
Lippincott leading specialties with top ranked titles
Top ranking Lippincott-published journals span many core and specialty medical, nursing, and allied health categories:
Allergy
One of the top 20 titles in the Allergy category:
#11 Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IF 3.463)
Anatomy & Morphology
One of the top 10 titles in the Anatomy & Morphology category:
#8 Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology (IF 1.634)
Anesthesiology
Seven of the top 10 and eight of top 20 titles in the Anesthesiology category:
#2 Anesthesiology, published on behalf of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (IF 5.660)
#3 Pain, published on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IF 5.445)
#5 Anesthesia & Analgesia, published on behalf of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IF 4.014)
#6 Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology (IF 3.925), published on the behalf of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
#7 European Journal of Anaesthesiology (IF 3.570), published on the behalf of the European Society of Anaesthesiology
#8 Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, published on behalf of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (IF 3.515)
#9 Clinical Journal of Pain (IF 3.492)
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
One of the top 5 titles in the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Category:
#3 Ear & Hearing (IF 2.842), the official title of the American Auditory Society
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Three of the top 10 and five of the top 20 titles in the Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems category:
#2 Circulation, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 19.309)
#5 Circulation Research, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 13.965)
#10 Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association
(IF 7.198)
Clinical Neurology
One of the top 10 and two of the top 20 titles in the Clinical Neurology category:
#10 Neurology (IF 8.32), published on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Critical Care
Two of the top 10 and five of the top 20 titles in the Critical Care category:
#4 Critical Care Medicine, published in conjunction with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (IF 7.050)
#10 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, published in conjunction with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (IF 3.495)
Education, Scientific Disciplines
One of the top 10 titles in Education, Scientific Disciplines category:
#1 Academic Medicine (IF 5.255) , official journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Emergency Medicine
One of the top 10 and two in the top 20 titles in the Emergency Medicine category:
#8 European Journal of Emergency Medicine (IF 2.025)
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
One of the top 20 titles in the Gastroenterology and Hepatology category:
Health Policy Services
One of the top 10 and two in the top 20 titles in Health Policy Services
#7 Medical Care, published on behalf of the American Public Health Association (IF 2.897)
Healthcare Sciences & Services
One of the top 5 titles in Healthcare Sciences & Services
#3 Academic Medicine, official journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (IF 5.255)
Hematology
One of the top five and two of the top 10 titles in the Hematology category:
#1 Circulation Research, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 13.965)
#6 Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.607)
Infectious Diseases
One of the top ten and three of the top 20 titles in the Infectious Diseases category:
#10 AIDS (IF 5.003)
Nursing
One of the top 10 titles and two of the top 20 titles in the Nursing category:
#9 Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (IF 2.105)
Nursing (Social Science)
One of the top ten titles and two of the top 10 titles in the Nursing category:
#9 Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (IF 2.105)
Obstetrics & Gynecology
One of the top five titles and two in the top twenty titles in the Obstetrics & Gynecology category:
#3 Obstetrics & Gynecology, published on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (IF 5.426)
Ophthalmology
One of the top ten and two of the top 20 titles in the Ophthalmology category:
#8 Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, (IF 3.700)
Orthopedics
One of the top five titles in the Orthopedics category.
#2 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (IF 4.840)
Otorhinolaryngology
One of the top five and three of the top 20 titles in the Otorhinolaryngology category:
#5 Ear & Hearing (IF 2.842), the official title of the American Auditory Society
Pathology
One of the top five titles in the Pathology category
#5 American Journal of Surgical Pathology (IF 5.363)
Pediatrics
One of the top 10 titles and two top 20 titles in the Pediatric category:
#9 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, published in conjunction with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (IF 3.495)
Physiology
One of the top 10 titles in the Physiology category:
#10 Exercise and Sport Science Reviews (IF 4.431)
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Five of the top 5 and eight of the top 20 titles in the Peripheral Vascular Disease category:
#1 Circulation, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 19.309)
#2 Circulation Research, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 13.965)
#3 Hypertension, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.857)
#4 Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.607)
#5 Stroke, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.032)
Psychology
One of the top 10 titles in the Psychology category:
#10 Psychosomatic Medicine (IF 3.863), published on behalf of the American Psychosomatic Society
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
One of the top 10 titles in the Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category:
#9 Epidemiology (IF 5.986)
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science)
One of the top five titles in the Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category:
#3 Epidemiology (IF 5.986)
Radiology
One of the top five titles, two of the top ten and three of the top 20 titles in the Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging category:
#4 Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.803)
#9 Investigative Radiology (IF 5.195)
Rehabilitation
One of the top ten and two of the top 20 titles in the Rehabilitation category:
#6 Journal of Head Trauma & Rehabilitation (IF 3.214), top title in Rehabilitation in the Social Sciences, official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America
Rehabilitation (Social Science)
#1 Journal of Head Trauma & Rehabilitation (IF 3.214), top title in Rehabilitation in the Social Sciences, official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America
Rheumatology
One of the top 10 titles in the Rheumatology category:
#7 Current Opinion in Rheumatology (IF 4.475)
Sport Sciences
One of the top give and two of the top 10 titles in the Sport Sciences category:
#5 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (IF 4.431), published on behalf of the American College of Sports Medicine
#6 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (IF 4.141), published on behalf of the American College of Sports Medicine
Surgery
One of the top five, three of the top 10 and four of the top 20 titles in the Surgery category:
#1 Annals of Surgery, affiliated with the American Surgical Association and the European Surgical Association (IF 8.980)
#8 American Journal of Surgical Pathology, affiliated with The Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists and The Gastrointestinal Pathology Society (IF 5.363)
#10 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, (IF 4.840)
Transplantation
One of the top 10 and three in the top 20 titles in the Transplantation category:
#8 Transplantation (IF 3.678), official journal of The Transplantation Society
Virology
One of the top five titles in the Virology category:
#5 AIDS (IF 5.003)
Rankings are published annually in the Journal Citation Reports®, a registered trademark of Thomson Reuters. Impact Factor (IF) is a measurement of the frequency by which an article in a scholarly journal is cited in a particular year. It is considered by many to be a measure of a journal’s influence and prestige.
