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Journal of Neurology
The Journal of Neurology is an international journal which officially
represents the European Neurological Society and provides a source
for publishing original communications on clinical neurology and
related basic research:
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With commentaries on new developments in
clinical neuroscience |
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Letters to the Editors serve as a forum for
the exchange of ideas or clinical notes and provide an opportunity
for commenting on published papers |
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The News and Views section provides information
on the development of neurological medicine, society news. And
reports on recent congresses |
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Occasional book reviews |
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Details of forthcoming meetings |
Every neurologist interested in the field of organic neurological
disease needs access to the information contained in this valuable
journal!
In 2007, the published Impact Factor of the Journal of Neurology by ISI was 2.477.
Even though the Impact Factor is probably the best known product
of ISI, part of the Thomson Corporation, it is not always easy to
remember how the value is calculated:
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Definition of the Impact Factor: The Impact Factor for a
given year is defined as the total number of citations received
in that year to articles published in Journal of Neurology
in the previous two years divided by the total number of citable
items (source items) published by Journal of Neurology in
those two years. Taking 2007 as an example:
Cites to recent articles (1142) divided by Number of recent articles (461) results in an Impact factor of 2.477. |
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Timing: The Impact Factors for a given year
are published annually in September/October of the following
year in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Because the Impact
Factor is calculated using the citations in one year to articles
published in the two previous years, there can be a delay of
up to three and a half years before the impact of material published
in the journal appears in the JCR. |
The Impact Factor of Journal of Neurology has developed nicely over
the years with only a few fluctuations. Compared to 1997 when Journal
of Neurology had an Impact Factor of 1.976 corresponding with position
23 of 106 journals in the ranking of the category clinical neurology,
whereas the 2007 value corresponds with position 52 of now 146 journals. This shows clearly that Journal of Neurology has been
able not only to maintain but improve its standing.
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