**With apologies for cross-posting**
For Immediate Release: June 21, 2007
Chicago Journals honored with top 2006 impact factor
rankings
The latest Thomson Institute for Scientific Information
(ISI)
impact factors, released yesterday, rated nineteen science
and
social science journals from the University of Chicago Press
portfolio in the top ten of their respective categories and
thirteen journals in the top five. ISI impact factors,
calculated
annually, assess both journal output and citation
frequency.
For the third consecutive year, The American Naturalist, the
official publication of the American Society of Naturalists,
was
the top-ranked journal in the field of Biodiversity
Conservation.
In the category of Industrial Relations & Labor, the
Journal of
Labor Economics, published in association with the Society
of
Labor Economists and the Economics Research Center/NORC, was
the
top-ranked journal, up from third last year.
Among Infectious Diseases publications, two journals
published by
the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Infectious
Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases
and the
Journal of Infectious Diseases, were the second and fourth
highest-ranked journals, respectively.
Many other Chicago Journals also showed substantial gains in
ISI
impact factor ranking. Economic Development and Cultural
Change
jumped from eighth to third ranked in the field of Area
Studies.
The Journal of Geology rose from fourth to third in the
field of
Geology, and The Journal of Modern History rose from fifth
to
fourth in the field of History. Out of 175 journals in the
field
of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy rose from
ninth to
fifth highest ranked.
""Impact factors should not be considered the only
indication of
quality, but they do reflect Chicago's commitment to
publishing
original research of enduring value," said Nawin Gupta,
Journals
Division Manager, University of Chicago Press. "We are
proud to
consistently rate well among our peers in scholarly
publishing,
an honor which speaks to the work of journal editors,
editorial
boards, peer reviewers, and contributors, and to the
continued
vibrancy of university presses and the scholarship we
publish."
About the University of Chicago Press: Founded in 1891, the
University of Chicago Press is the largest American
university
press. The Journals Division currently publishes forty-seven
periodicals and serials in a wide range of disciplines,
including
several journals that were the first scholarly publications
in
their respective fields. Online since 1995, the Journals
Division
has also been a pioneer in electronic publishing, delivering
original, peer-reviewed research from international scholars
to a
worldwide audience.
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Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386 / swu press.uchicago.edu
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