Happy Birthday BJN!

Record citations in 2007, but impact factor slips

“…It is a measure of how immediately important (or controversial) published papers are. As I indicated in my previous editorials (2,3) , the BJN is receiving more submissions and is publishing more articles than ever before. This suggests that the journal is in very good health and is viewed favourably by researchers within the discipline.…”

“…A number of different summary statistics are produced, the most widely discussed being the impact factor. I have used previous editorials to keep readers informed of the most recent statistics for the British Journal of Nutrition ( BJN ) and to analyse them in relation to those of comparator journals and to temporal changes ( 1 – 3 ) . The statistics for 2007 were published by the ISI in July 2008.…”

“…The top nine cited papers from 2005 and 2006 were cited between 11 and 21 times (average 14). In contrast, the top nine papers from 2004 and 2005 were cited between 13 and 79 times in 2006 (average 25) ( 3 ) .…”

BJN to publish more issues and more papers in 2009

“…It is hoped that the first number will appear some time during the first half of 1947’. As I highlighted in my Editorial marking the 60th birthday of the BJN ( 1 ) , the first issue of the journal appeared with the cover date September 1947. Three issues of the BJN were published in 1947, and four issues in each of the years 1948–70.…”