The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care’s 2012 impact factor is 1.636, a massive 32% increase on last year. The IF reflects the number of citations a journal receives and is seen as a marker of its relative ‘importance’. It is calculated by dividing the number of times articles were cited in the previous 2 yrs by the number of citable items.
The table shows how this has changed over time and compared with others in the field.
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
% change 2010 -2011 |
|
|
Obstet Gynecol |
3.813 |
4.282 |
4.397 |
4.357 |
4.392 |
4.730 |
+8 |
|
Human Reproduction |
3.769 |
3.543 |
3.773 |
3.859 |
4.357 |
4.475 |
+3 |
|
Am J Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
2.805 |
2.917 |
3.453 |
3.278 |
3.313 |
3.468 |
+5 |
|
Contraception |
1.882 |
2.262 |
2.327 |
2.369 |
2.511 |
2.724 |
+8 |
|
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care |
0.954 |
0.644 |
0.880 |
1.047 |
1.243 |
1.636 |
+32 |
|
Eur J Contracep and Reprod Health Care |
0.467 |
0.862 |
0.824 |
0.973 |
1.616 |
1.456 |
-9 |
|
BJOG |
2.126 |
2.666 |
3.101 |
3.437 |
3.349 |
3.407 |
+2 |
Congratulations for their hard work are due to the Editor-in-Chief (Anne Szarewski), her team of editors and Editorial Manager (Janie Foote).