WILEY NEWS RELEASE

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

July 31, 2006

For Immediate Release

http://www.interscience.wiley.com/impact2005



Contact: David Greenberg

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Wiley Announces Significant Increases in its Journal Impact 

Factors 

 

Hoboken, N.J., July 31, 2006 – Global publisher John Wiley & 

Sons, Inc., announced today significant increases in Impact 

Factors for its journals across the majority of subject 

areas, according to the Thomson ISI® 2005 Journal Citation 

Reports. 



Impact Factors reflect the frequency that peer-reviewed 

journals are cited by researchers, making them a vital tool 

for evaluating a journal’s influence.



Globally, 65% of Wiley journals included in the Journal 

Citation Report’s Science Edition increased their Impact 

Factors. Furthermore, 58% of the Wiley journals included in 

the Social Science Edition increased their Impact Factors, 

with a 12.7% increase in 2005 versus 2004. 



Highlights in the medical sciences include the Journal of 

Pathology (published on behalf of the Pathological Society) 

which now ranks number one in the category of Pathology with 

an Impact Factor of 6.213, and Arthritis & Rheumatism 

(published on behalf of the American College of 

Rheumatology) which increased its Impact Factor and remains 

number one in Rheumatology. Reviews in Medical Virology now 

ranks second in Virology. 



Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a journal of the 

German Chemical Society, increased its Impact Factor once 

again. Now at 9.596, the journal is positioned significantly 

higher than comparable publications.



In the area of physical sciences, Mass Spectrometry Reviews 

ranks number one in the Spectroscopy category for the 

seventh consecutive year; Medicinal Research Reviews leads 

the Medicinal Chemistry category for the third straight 

year; and Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis retains its number 

one position in the Applied Chemistry category.



In all, 46 Wiley journals were ranked in the top ten of 

their respective subject areas. In addition to those noted 

above, these journals include Ultrasound in Obstetrics and 

Gynaecology, (published on behalf of ISUOG), Annals of 

Neurology, Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, Rapid 

Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, 

ChemBioChem, Advanced Materials, Journal of Polymer Science 

Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Journal of Experimental Zoology 

Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Evolutionary 

Anthropology, The Anatomical Record Part A, Behavioral 

Sciences and the Law, Journal of Organizational Behavior, 

Strategic Management Journal, and Human Resource Management.



Several journals gained their first Impact Factor including: 

Dyslexia, Wind Energy and Pharmaceutical Statistics 

(published on behalf of PSI).



The journal Small, the first interdisciplinary journal of 

nano and micro science and technology, is also showing 

tremendous strength after only one year of publication. 

Launched in 2005, Small is already listed in five categories 

and has received an Immediacy Index of 1.255, ranking it 

number two in the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology category. 



The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 

– new to Wiley with the acquisition of Whurr Publishers Ltd. 

in 2005 – witnessed a significant increase in its Impact 

Factor to 3.550 and is now ranked in the top ten of 

Psychiatry journals.



For more information about Wiley journals and their Impact 

Factors, please visit Wiley InterScience at 

www.interscience.wiley.com/impact2005.





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