Current Impact Factor Research Articles

2.Q. Skills building seminar: Publishing and disseminating your research: How to get published, and what then?

Abstract Getting your public health research published can be a real challenge, and the publishing process is not always clear. Often it takes a lot of time, effort and perseverance. In this skills building workshop, participants will be able to learn the ropes from the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher (OUP) of the European Journal of Public Health (EJPH), EUPHA’s scientific Journal. The EJPH is a well-established multidisciplinary, Open Access journal that covers a broad scope of public health topics. It’s current impact factor is 4.4. The workshop will have the format of an interactive clinic and will start with short presentations by the Editor-in-Chief of the EJPH and the Publisher on how to write, how to disseminate your findings, and tools the publisher has for helping promote your research for the best impact. The Editor-in-Chief will focus on what makes manuscripts attractive to editors and reviewers, while the publisher will give an overview of the publishing process, important aspects of the wider publishing industry (including how to publish your work Open Access) and give authors tips of how to promote their articles post-publication. After that, there will be ample time for participants to ask their questions to the panellists. This skills-building workshop will be of interest to anyone who would like to increase their chances of getting published and who would like to learn more about creating impact with their publications. The session should in particular be helpful for young researchers who do not have a lot of publishing experience yet. Key messages • Think about relevance to public health, and what your research adds to science and policy. • Think about what tools you can use to disseminate your findings. Speakers/Panelists Peter Allebeck Karolinska Institute, Department of Global Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden Rachel Moriarty Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK

What is the environmental footprint of a dental practice? A life cycle analysis (Part 1).

Introduction Growing awareness of environmental sustainability is essential. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report stresses urgent carbon reductions to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. The NHS in all four countries of the UK aims to be net zero. Dental practices must prioritise sustainability for public health. This paper uses life cycle analysis (LCA) where possible to study a dental practice's environmental footprint.Methodology LCA methodology was used where possible to calculate the carbon footprint (CFP) of a full-time dental clinic operating 220 days/year. The Ecoinvent database and OpenLCA software were used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions, normalised factors and disability-adjusted life years. Attributional and spend-based approaches were used to analyse procurement items.Results Compared with our 2015 paper, the 2023 CFP, which used more current impact factors, shows reduced water use emissions and increased total waste emissions. Staff travel and patient travel continues to significantly impact the CFP.Discussion Addressing waste and promoting low-carbon transport within the dental practice is crucial. Procurement's impact requires detailed analysis. Normalised scores highlight the environmental impact compared to an average person.Conclusion The CFP of a dental practice was updated using more current impact factors to reinforce the high contribution of travel within the dental CFP, with an increase in the CFP of waste and a reduction in the CFP of water.

Examination of the Current Impact Factor of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery and Analysis of its Change by Years.

In the Journal Citation Reports, it is shared various metrics from the previous year for the journals indexed in the Web of Science. On June 28, 2023, the 2022 data of the journals were shared. In this study, it was aimed to comprehensively examine the current impact factor of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery , which has an important place in its field, and to determine the change observed in the impact factor values over the years. In conclusion, it has been observed that the values of the journal impact factor of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery have been on an increasing trend, especially in the last 10 years. On the other hand, this value showed a slight decrease in 2022 data, but a similar decrease was observed in many journals in the literature. It is thought that the decreases in journal impact factor for 2022 data may be due to more general reasons, not journal scale. In addition, the values of the impact factor of the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery for the years 1997 to 2022 show that it has maintained its current position in the field of science for a long time.

Scopus indexed scholarly publications of academics at the University of Agricultural Sciences,Dharwad: A Bibliometric analysis

The paper gives a thorough review of faculty research output from the University of Agricultural Sciences,Dharwad, as tracked by Scopus from 2002 to 2021.The Scopus database was used to retrieve the data for the study. Toanalyse the data, bibliometric techniques were used such as yearly distribution of publications, to calculate relative growthrate and doubling time of articles, authorship pattern, most prolific authors, most preferred journals etc. are studied. Theanalysis showed that, UAS, Dharwad had its most prolific year in 2014 with 116 publications (8.45%), totaling 658citations, with the average article receiving at least 5.67 citations. The number of publications increased from 24 in 2002 to1372 in 2021. The highest Doubling Time was found to be in the year 2019, with a value of 16.754. The author, SalimathP M of Genetics and Plant Breeding department was the most publishing author with 60 publications. The faculty preferredthe journal “International Journal of Agricultural and Statistical Sciences,” with a current impact factor of 0.278 as mostpopular journal to publish their papers. According to the study, UAS, Dharwad have made significant contributions toresearch publications in the fields of genetics, biochemistry, agricultural and biological sciences, and molecular biology

Bibliometric evaluation of Forensic Science International as a scholarly journal within the subject category legal medicine

This article presents a bibliometric evaluation of Forensic Science International (FSI) as a scholarly journal within the “legal medicine” subject category. Citation data were retrieved from Science Citation Index (SCI) and Journal Citation Reports (JCR), both of which are part of the Web-of-Science (WOS) database. The most cited articles in FSI were identified along with the most prolific authors. The current journal impact factor (JIF) of FSI is 2.2, which was in good agreement with the 5-year JIF of 2.3. FSI was ranked fourth among 17 journals within the legal medicine subject category. Since 1979, a total of 209 FSI articles were cited over 100 times and the H-index for times cited was 125. Although widely used in academia, bibliometric methods might also prove useful in jurisprudence, such as when evaluating the research and publications of people proposed as expert witnesses.

QJM Impact Factor now 14.04.

The Quarterly Journal of Medicine (QJM) is pleased to announce the current Impact Factor for the Journal is now 14.04. The QJM is the official Journal of the Association, founded in 1907 by Sir William Osler, and it has a significant legacy of publishing leading articles in Translational Medicine. The Journal welcomes submission of original medical research articles, invited reviews and topical Commentary pieces relevant to our medical audience. We would encourage our readers to consider submitting their novel original work to the Journal. We offer a fast-track review process for selected original article submissions, namely 72 h (×3 working days) to first review decision. Should you wish to avail of this service, authors are encouraged to liaise in advance with Professor Seamas Donnelly, Editor-in-Chief, for the journal at qjm.editorialoffice@oup.com. The QJM has been at the forefront of publishing highly topical articles on the epidemiology, prognosis and long-term consequences of acute COVID-19 infection.1,2,3,4,5,6 A robust host defense against infectious disease involves both viral resistance and tolerance. Integration of clinical, immunologic, genetic and therapeutic discoveries has identified defects in both of these responses in the progression from SARS-CoV-2 infection to life-threatening coronavirus. We welcome the topical review on this subject by Dr. Russell and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, published in this issue of the Journal.

The Bioelectromagnetics Journal

Bioelectromagnetics (BEM) is published for the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) by John Wiley & Sons. It is a peer-reviewed, internationally circulated scientific journal that specializes in reporting original data on biological effects and applications of electric, magnetic, and electromagnetic fields and radiations that range in frequency from zero hertz (static fields) to terahertz oscillations and visible light. Both experimental and clinical studies are of interest to the journal's readers as are theoretical papers or reviews that offer novel insights into or criticism of contemporary concepts and theories of field–body interactions. I have been serving as the BEM Editor-in-Chief (EiC) since 2006. The most recent 3-year term of my tenure as EiC of the BEM journal ended on June 30, 2021. At the beginning of 2021, I informed the Board of Directors of the Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS) that I did not intend to continue another 3-year term as BEM EiC. The BEMS Board of Directors asked me to stay and serve for one more year so that a new EiC of the BEM journal can be named. I agreed. Currently, the search for a new EiC for BEM journal is underway. All manuscript submission and editorial operations were transferred to the brand-new online manuscript handling system in January 2007. Soon after, the Journal ushered in an online version in addition to the traditional print version to enable publication using both platforms for each issue. The Journal moved to online publication only in January 2018. It now has a completely digital submission, review, and production process. The current BEM journal's impact factor is 2.01 and it reached an all-time high of 2.76 in 2010. I wish to take this opportunity to express my earnest thanks and sincere appreciation to members of the scientific community who have responded affirmatively to my invitation to serve on the BEM Editorial Board, during different time frames, since 2006. With special gratitude to the Associate Editors, I wish to say thank you so much for all you have done for the Bioelectromagnetics journal and our research community. To the many authors, engineers, and scientists, we are incredibly grateful for your research, submission, review, and feedback as they all contribute to disseminating knowledge and advance science that move our research space forward. It is my sincere hope that you will continue to do so in the years to come.

Mass personalization-oriented integrated optimization of production task splitting and scheduling in a multi-stage flexible assembly shop

Aiming to produce personalized products at mass production efficiency, mass personalization has attained considerable interests in recent years. This paper considers an integrated task splitting and scheduling problem in the context of mass personalization, which converts customer requirements into a few production tasks at different levels and simultaneously optimizes the sizes as well as the scheduling sequence of the tasks. An integrated optimization model for this problem is formulated to minimize makespan and two transfer strategies for the model are investigated. To solve the model, an improved whale optimization algorithm (IWOA) is proposed, where a first-whale search is designed to guide the search direction. Besides, an ocean current impact factor and differential evolution operators are combined in IWOA to enhance the search ability. Extensive computational experiments are performed to validate the proposed algorithm. Results show that compared with the comparison algorithms, IWOA can find the best solution and take relatively less time. Furthermore, statistical analysis proves that the results of multiple runs of IWOA are more concentrated, indicative of better stability of IWOA. Finally, a case study is presented in the paper to demonstrate the application of the proposed model and algorithm.

A further increase in Acta Physiologica’s impact factor

Another good year for Acta Physiologica. Our current impact factor increased to 6.3. Of course, the impact factor is not very useful to measure science performance and flawed in many ways.1, 2 Keeping this in mind, we are proud that, as for the past recent years,3, 4 Acta Physiologica is in the top 10% of the physiology journals. Acta Physiologica is the leading physiology journal to publish original articles covering all physiology disciplines and funding agencies recognize this.5.

Scopus and Scimago Publish Flawed Assessments of the JOSPT's Impact.

Elseviers Scopus and Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) are reporting inaccurate publication and citation metrics for the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT), particularly for the years 2018 and 2019. Despite repeated requests, Elsevier has failed to correct or explain this error to those who use these services, which misrepresents the JOSPT as having a lower impact in the field of musculoskeletal research and rehabilitation. For an accurate representation of the impact of the JOSPT in these fields, authors and readers should rely on the current Web of Science Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and Journal Impact Factor (JIF), which report the Journals current impact factor to be 3.839 and its 5-year impact factor to be 4.053. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(12):652. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.50.12.652.

Passing the Torch

Passing the Torch

Special Issue: Selected Papers From 2019 IDETC-CIE, MSNDC, and VIB Conferences

It is with great pleasure that we bring to the readership of the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics (JCND) a special issue dedicated to select papers from the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering (IDETC-CIE) Conferences. The 2019 IDETC-CIE conferences took place in Anaheim, CA, from August 18–21.We started this project motivated by our conviction that organizing a JCND special issue tied to the Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics and Controls (MSNDC) Conference, as well as the Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB) Conference, is long overdue. Last year, we had the 16th and 32nd editions of the MSNDC and VIB conferences, respectively. These two peer-reviewed conferences, whose focus includes vibrations, nonlinear dynamics, and multibody systems, have provided an international venue where our colleagues have presented an early glimpse into their highest-quality research. Following a parallel path, JCND was established in 2005, and under the effective leadership and steady guidance of Professors Subhash C. Sinha, Ahmed Shabana, and Bala Balachandran, this journal has become in short order a premier ASME journal with a current impact factor of 2.135.We happily took this opportunity to act on a project that we believe will help the MSNDC and VIB conferences, the JCND journal, and most importantly, the community at large. Indeed, we hope that through the publication of this special issue, its international readership will be reminded of the ASME IDETC-CIE conferences and their continued impact over the years. Perhaps this special issue will provide extra motivation for scholars to participate yet again, or perhaps for the first time, in this annual gathering of experts, students, and people new to the field. Conversely, the JCND will stand to benefit from bringing to its readership a selection of the best papers presented at the conference. The biggest winner, though, is the community at large. First, anyone who missed the Anaheim event will find in this special issue some of the conference highlights. Moreover, it is only fitting that a group of colleagues who took the time and effort to report on their recent research at the conference receive recognition for their hard and innovative work through this special issue, and it must be great work indeed given that the papers were selected through a rigorous peer selection and review process. The conference paper reviewers recommended a larger collection of manuscripts, which was then trimmed by the symposium organizers, before being down-selected yet again by our four-person group. The remaining manuscripts went through the standard JCND review process. The manuscripts that cleared this last hurdle make up this special issue. We hope you will enjoy them.We are indeed very happy to have had the opportunity to work on this special issue and start what we hope will become an annual tradition. Special thanks to Professor Bala Balachandran for giving us the green light on this idea and to Amy Suski for helping us greatly at every step of the process. It was great working as a team on this project and we are excited to bring it to fruition.

Cooking a Research Project: New Trends in the Kitchen and in Scientific Policies.

The culture of chefs from the world's best restaurants is substituted by new trends paradigmatically epitomized by the TV program Masterchef. The authors feel that a similar transformation affects modern research. Recent scientific policies constrict the design of research grants with the aim of short-term maximization of the monetary value generated by the researcher.

An Enhanced Control Strategy for Doubly-Fed Induction Generators Based on a Virtual Harmonic Resistor and Capacitor under Nonlinear Load Conditions

Harmonic amplification for doubly-fed induction generator wind turbine systems (DFIG WTSs) will occur due to the existence of non-linear loads and reactive power compensation installation, and grid voltage and total grid current at the point of common coupling (PCC) will be distorted. An impedance model is established to analyze the interaction between DFIG WTS, non-linear loads and weak grids. Harmonic current impact factor and harmonic voltage impact factor is proposed to analyze the impact of harmonic current source on total grid current and voltage at the PCC with different control strategies. A virtual harmonic resistor and capacitor method is adopted to reduce the harmonic voltage. An impedance-based analysis method is adopted to analyze the stability of the DFIG system. To achieve optimal control of harmonic voltage and harmonic current, a coordination factor is proposed to adjust the dynamic allocation for harmonic voltage and harmonic current at PCC. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.

Starch and non‐starch carbohydrates–from basic science to nanotechnologies and applied biomedicine

Dear readers and authors of STARCH-STÄRKE; On behalf of the entire editorial office we wish you a happy and healthy new year 2018. Founded in 1948 and first published in 1949 (as journal of the Fachverband der Stärke-Industrie e.V.), STARCH-STÄRKE is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Since its beginnings it has evolved to an internationally highly recognized medium in the carbohydrate research community. This is based on the steadily growing, highly appreciated input of our authors, guest editors, and reviewers. Thanks very much for your continued great support! The current ISI impact factor of 1.84 (which is the highest the journal has received so far) testifies to the good quality of manuscripts submitted to the journal. Furthermore it proves that there is growing interest in the journal content, especially based onmore application-oriented, innovative research on the one hand, and on the journal's broader scope on the other. We are happy that more readers and authors recognize that our journal is no longer focusing on starch-related research only but also on research into non-starch carbohydrates. This enlarges the visibility of STARCH-STÄRKE in other communities and supports our aim to grow even further in impact and quality. While, only a few years ago, submitted papers mainly covered basic biochemical and synthetic aspects of starch research, the journal now contains a growing number of papers on processing, nanotechnologies, and applications in various fields, including nutrition, biomedicine, and material sciences. We highlight here three of the most cited papers in 2017: Polysaccharide nanomaterial reinforced starch nanocomposites: A review (Starch/Stärke 2017, 69, 1500307) published in the Special issue “Starch based films and reviews 2017”; Preparation, health benefits and applications of resistant starch – a review (Starch/Stärke 2016, 68, 287–301) and Starch to value added biochemical (Starch/Stärke 2016, 68, 274–286), both published in the Special issue “Starch Nanocomposites and Nanoderivatives and Reviews 2016” From 2018, the journal coverage will be broadened to include recent development in the direction of more applied technology oriented research. Nevertheless STARCH-STÄRKE will of course still be THE forum to discuss general basic biochemical studies, as well. We are delighted that the first issue in 2018 will be a Special issue edited by Andreas Blennow on “Starch Bioengineering” which combines commissioned top-quality studies with a number of up-to date review articles, freely accessible in 2018 from the journal home page. Also, we are happy to announce that with the beginning of this year, there will be no longer any charges for figures published in color in print. Please feel invited to share your opinion of the journal's focus and presentation. Julia Reuter Christine Mayer STARCH-STÄRKE editorial office E-mail: starch@wiley.com

The 'Qualis' system (Brazil) in an interdisciplinary-ecological context.

‘Qualis’ is the system used by CAPES (Coordenacao de Pessoal de Nivel Superior), the agency that manages Graduate Teaching and Research Production in Brazil, in order to evaluate ‘the quality of the intellectual production of the Graduate Programs’ ( CAPES, 2016 ). In fact, ‘Qualis’ support the evaluation system in Brazil that allocates funding to research and to graduate teaching in Brazil.The ‘Qualis system’, instead of using the current Impact factor of periodicals (Research Gate, 2015; SciJournal, 2015; Scimago Journal, 2015 (lets call them

From the Editor: Studying Religion in a Rapidly Changing World

From the Editor: Studying Religion in a Rapidly Changing World

Journal of Electron Devices Society Comes of Age

Sitting on the third floor of the Princeton Public Library, Princeton NJ, USA, the hometown of Albert Einstein, I was conducting the business of IEEE Journal of Electron Device (J-EDS). While on the J-EDS website, I noted an interesting statistic. The impact factor of J-EDS was 2.472. In simple language this means that on an average, a paper published in J-EDS, since its inception in 2013, has been cited 2.5 times in the literature. While this may not sound like a large number, let me present some comparisons. The current impact factor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (T-ED) is 2.512, exceeding that of J-EDS by 0.04. Thus over a short span of two years since its birth [1] , thanks to the patronage of authors and readers alike, coupled with the hard work of the editorial board, the J-EDS is now approaching the performance metric of its big brother T-ED. To provide a further comparison, I dug up my December 1994 presentation to the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Administrative Committee (ADCom) and found that Electron Device Letters (EDL), over the same first two years of its life, had an impact factor of 0.42 back in 1982. Thus the growth pattern of J-EDS has been nothing but spectacular. The gap with highly successful sister publications such as the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics [2] with an impact factor of 3 is closing.

Dr Peter Baxter: Ratione et Diligentia

In the first conversation I ever had with Dr Peter Baxter, we talked at length about the future of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. It was on a fine morning in Sicily in 2003; Peter had just succeeded Martin Bax as Senior Editor of the Journal. In retrospect, this was a premonitory introduction to the collaboration and friendship we were to gradually develop over the years. I discovered then how attentive he is to others, how dedicated, knowledgeable, earnest, generous, and humble. Now Peter has elected to stand down as our Editor in Chief. As he does so, we can only be grateful to him for the contributions he has made to so many aspects of the work of Mac Keith Press. How does one gauge the quality of an Editor in Chief? Is the iconic impact factor a good proxy? I don't think so. Yet Peter's tireless efforts to continuously improve the editorial process for both authors and reviewers have indeed resulted in bringing the number of citations to articles published in the Journal to peaks never attained before, and DMCN's current impact factor has set a new record. A more comprehensive reflection of the success of Peter as Editor in Chief is DMCN itself – ‘a much-loved journal’, as Lewis Rosenbloom likes to say. In order to continue the unique legacy of Ronnie Mac Keith and Martin Bax, Peter has developed a very personal approach to working with authors, reviewers, and staff. This has led not only to clarification and efficiency of processes related to submitting articles, and indeed the editorial process itself, but to enhancing a community – a very special community of readers and authors, researchers and health professionals, reviewers, editors, and administrative staff all committed to improving the lives of children with neurological conditions and disabilities. All the while, this has been strengthened by Peter's keen perspective on both paediatric neurology and neurodisability. Under Peter's guidance, the review process and the scientific credentials of the Journal have further improved. The exceptional editorial partnership he developed with Hilary Hart set up new foundations for the Journal. From there, Peter has widened the expert reviewer base and international reach of DMCN. He introduced a team of outstanding statistical reviewers for all papers we accept that have statistical content. He also introduced a team of associate editors, which includes therapists, and the North American editor. He led the Journal through successful transition to online reviewing, thereby speeding up the review process. More generally, he succeeded in augmenting communication with the readership through new media, including online publication alongside the print issues, and enhancing published articles through invited commentaries, featured podcasts, and virtual issues around a theme. Peter has a remarkable capacity to make and maintain relationships at a global level with both individuals and organizations, and to do so with generosity, diplomacy, and humour. He has been a true leader. He has achieved all of this whilst being extensively involved as a paediatric neurologist in the UK and with national and international professional child neurology and neurodisability organizations. The role of an editor is tough and stressful (at times). But Peter is robust at shouldering difficult issues, especially rebuttals, handling them fairly, efficiently and charmingly – not an easy task. And like many readers of DMCN, I just love the stimulating editorials that he writes. Peter is a wonderful colleague. The editorial model that he has provided will remain an invaluable asset to Mac Keith Press. Twelve years after our Sicilian conversation, I realize all the more that he is a hard act to follow.

Editorial: Making an Impact in the Region and beyond

first official impact factor in the 2014 edition of the Journal Citation Reports in the ISI Web of Knowledge published by Thomson Reuters. The current impact factor is 0.71. Although this may be very modest, I believe that the progress we have made over the past few years is in keeping with our vision that the Journal will become the premier general orthopaedic journal in the Asia Pacific region.1 Since I took over the helm in 2012, and with the assistance of Deputy Editor and Section Editors, we have introduced web-based submission and a new design for the print version,2 have invited commentaries to highlight pertinent articles, and have maintained a high degree of regional relevance. We believe that the Asia-Pacific region has unique pathologies and solutions relevant to the region’s socio-economic situation. We appeal to our regional Editorial: Making an impact in the region and beyond