Newswise — June 28, 2016 – Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced Impact Factor gains across its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio. The latest Impact Factor (IF) scores and specialty rankings are based on the 2015 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters).
“We’re so pleased with the performance of our journal portfolio,” said Jayne Marks, Vice President, Global Publishing, Wolters Kluwer, Health Learning & Research Practice. “Our society partners, editorial and publishing teams have worked hard to maintain our commitment to exceptional scholarly works. We are extremely proud of them and the work they’ve produced over the past year.”
For LWW’s 208 titles listed in the JCR Rankings, 46% of the journals had gains over the previous year with 15 titles increasing 25% or more. LWW publishes the #1 ranked titles in the following subject categories: Education: Scientific Disciplines, Orthopedics, Peripheral & Vascular Disease, Rehabilitation, and Surgery.
In the top 5 ranks, LWW holds 22 spots across 15 specialties; in the top 10 rankings LWW holds 50 spots across 30 specialties; and rounding out the top 20 rankings, LWW holds 104 spots across 54 specialties.
LWW Leading Specialties with Top Ranked Titles
Top ranking LWW-published journals span many core and specialty medical, nursing, and allied health categories:
AllergyOne of the top 10 titles in the Allergy category:• #10 Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IF 2.771)
Anatomy & MorphologyOne of the top 5 titles in the Anatomy & Morphology category:• #5 Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology (IF 1.533)
Anesthesiology Six of the top 10 and eight of top 20 titles in the Anesthesiology category:• #2 Pain, published on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IF 5.213)• #3 Anesthesiology, published on behalf of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (IF 5.264)• #4 Anesthesia & Analgesia, published on behalf of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IF 3.827)• #6 European Journal of Anaesthesiology, published on the behalf of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (IF 3.634)• #7 Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, published on behalf of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (IF 3.459)• #10 Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, published on the behalf of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (IF 2.2828)
Audiology & Speech-Language PathologyOne of the top 10 titles in the Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Category:• #6 Ear & Hearing, the official title of the American Auditory Society (IF 2.517)
Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemsThree 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 17.047)• #4 Circulation Research, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 11.551)• #10 Circulation: Heart Failure, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.833)
Clinical NeurologyOne of the top 10 and three of the top 20 titles in the Clinical Neurology category:• #8 Neurology, published on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology (IF 8.166)
Critical CareOne 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 7.422)
Education, Scientific DisciplinesOne of the top 10 titles in Education, Scientific Disciplines category:• #1 Academic Medicine, official journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges (IF 3.857)
Emergency MedicineOne of the top 10 and two in the top 20 titles in the Emergency Medicine category:• #7 European Journal of Emergency Medicine (IF 2.026)
Healthcare Sciences & ServicesOne of the top 10 and two in the top 20 titles in Healthcare Sciences & Services• #7 Academic Medicine (IF 3.857)
HematologyTwo of the top ten titles in the Hematology category:• #3 Circulation Research, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 11.551)• #7 Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 5.969)
NursingTwo of the top 10 and three in the top 20 titles in the Nursing category:• #6 Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (IF 2.172)• #8 Cancer Nursing (IF 2.017)
Nursing (Social Science)Two of the top 10 titles in the Nursing category:• #5 Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (IF 2.172)• #6 Cancer Nursing (IF 2.017)
Obstetrics & GynecologyOne of the top ten titles in the Obstetrics & Gynecology category:• #2 Obstetrics & Gynecology, published on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (IF 5.656)
OphthalmologyOne of the top 10 and two of the top 20 titles in the Ophthalmology category:• #9 Retina-The Journal of Retinal & Vitreous Diseases (IF 3.039)
OrthopedicsTwo of the top 10 and three of the top 20 titles in the Orthopedics category.• #1 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (IF 5.163)• #8 Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (IF 3.055)
OtorhinolaryngologyOne of the top 10 and three of the top 20 titles in the Otorhinolaryngology category:• #6 Ear & Hearing (IF 2.517), the official title of the American Auditory Society
PathologyOne of the top 10 and four of the top 20 titles in the Pathology category• #9 American Journal of Surgical Pathology (IF 4.951)
Peripheral Vascular DiseaseSeven of the top 10 and eight of the top 20 titles in the Peripheral Vascular Disease category:• #1 Circulation, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 17.047)• #2 Circulation Research, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 11.551)• #3 Hypertension, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 6.294)• #4 Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 5.969)• #5 Stroke, published on the behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 5.787)• #7 Current Opinion in Lipidology (IF 5.336)• #9 Journal of Hypertension (IF 5.062)
Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthOne of the top 10 titles in the Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category:• #9 Epidemiology (IF 6.075)
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science)One of the top 10 titles in the Public, Environmental & Occupational Health category• #4 Epidemiology (IF 6.075)
RadiologyTwo of the top ten and three of the top 20 titles in the Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging category • #5 Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, published on behalf of the American Heart Association (IF 5.744)• #9 Investigative Radiology (IF 4.887)
RehabilitationOne of the top ten and three of the top 20 titles in the Rehabilitation category:• #3 Journal of Head Trauma & Rehabilitation, top title in Rehabilitation in the Social Sciences, official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America (IF 3.323)
Rehabilitation (Social Science)One of the top 10 and two of the top 20 titles in the Rehabilitation category:• #1 Journal of Head Trauma & Rehabilitation, top title in Rehabilitation in the Social Sciences, official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America (IF 3.323)
RheumatologyOne of the top 10 titles in the Rheumatology category:• #7 Current Opinion in Rheumatology (IF 4.227)
Sport SciencesTwo of the top 10 and three of the top 20 titles in the Sport Sciences category:• #4 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, published on behalf of the American College of Sports Medicine (IF 4.451)• #6 Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, published on behalf of the American College of Sports Medicine (IF 4.041)
SurgeryThree of the top 10 and six 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 8.569)• #8 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (IF 5.163)• #9 American Journal of Surgical Pathology, affiliated with The Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists and The Gastrointestinal Pathology Society (IF 4.951)
TransplantationOne of the top 10 and three in the top 20 titles in the Transplantation category:• #9 Transplantation, official journal of The Transplantation Society (IF 3.690)
VirologyOne of the top 10 titles in the Virology category:• #6 AIDS (IF 4.407)
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.
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