Talk : OpenAccess is changing what can be found : A debate [Ref#1] : |
Original journals
14.1 for PLoS Biology (14.7 in 2006);
13.8 for PLoS Medicine (8.4 in 2006).
Newer, "Community" journals
4.9 for PLoS Computational Biology;
7.7 for PLoS Genetics
6.0 for PLoS Pathogens.
(based on only around six months worth of publications in 2005, and are likely to increase!)
Although the impact factor is an over-used and abused measure of scientific quality, it is a journal metric that is important for the research community, and so until there are alternatives, PLoS has to pay attention to the impact factor.
http://www.plos.org/cms/node/233
Ioan-Iovitz Popescu, 2002
http://www.geocities.com/iipopescu/Jo_rankingb.htm
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