Journal of Dairy Science 2004 Editorial Report

Abstract

Greetings from the University of Georgia in Athens! I am once again pleased to report that the Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) continues to serve as a leading medium for professional dairy scientists, and ranks second in the category of agricultural, dairy, and animal science journals, with an impact factor of 2.14 according to the most recent (September 13, 2004) Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) ratings. We are outranked only by Domestic Animal Endocrinology. The ISI has approximately 200 disciplines and categories, and ranks more than 7500 various peer-reviewed scientific journals. Thus, we still rank among the top 1% of all science and technology journals. This is certainly a great tribute to our editors, reviewers, authors, Journal Management Committee (JMC), and especially to our production staff and Interim Managing Editor, Amy Kemp, for the superlative job they have done to maintain the scientific quality and timeliness of our Journal. We also want to thank Jean Rice, who served as Managing Editor from December 1998 through July 2004, for her dedicated service to JDS and our Association. She is now Managing Editor of the journal published by CHEST, the American College of Chest Physicians, and we wish her the best of luck in her new position in Chicago. Jean was relentless, and always on the lookout for novel technologies to keep JDS in the forefront of all scientific and technology journals. Jean saw us through Manuscript Central, which streamlined the manuscript submission and tracking process, and she was instrumental in moving us to HighWire Press, which now hosts the online version of JDS. In addition, Jean convinced us to become a signatory to the “DC Principles,” which advocates a balance of numerous models of mixed sources of reve-