JCO Impact Factor Increases to 17.157 and Annual Citations Approach 100,000
Journal of Clinical Oncology’s Impact Factor has increased to 17.157 from 15.484, as reported by Thomson Reuters in its just-released 2008 Journal Citation Report. This is JCO’s fourth straight year-on-year increase.
Regarding the 2008 impact factor, Editor-in-Chief Daniel G. Haller, MD, remarked, “JCO is fortunate to receive thousands of submissions from highly qualified authors each year and to have outstanding editors, editorial board members, and peer reviewers who help select the best articles for publication. The impact factor is just one measure of how successful JCO is in selecting practice and research changing articles. It also ranks high in other measures such as reader satisfaction, online usage, reprint purchases and distribution, and renewing subscribers. We are, however, extraordinarily proud of our continued increase in the impact factor.”
According to the report, JCO ranks
- 4th of 141 oncology journals tracked worldwide
- 41st among all scientific journals surveyed, putting it in the top 1% of all science, technology, and medical publications
- 2nd in number of citations among oncology journals and 25th among all 6,598 scientific journals monitored
In 2008, JCO articles were cited a total of 97,639 times – a 20% increase over the previous year.
JCO now accounts for nearly one in ten (9.7%) of all oncology journal citations.
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