Solar Physics

Board Meeting

Rio de Janeiro

July, 2009

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Articles Published per Issue

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Impact Factor Trend: 2001-2008

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Impact Factor Calculations: 2005-2006

Cites in 2005 to items published in: 2004 = 271    Number of items published in: 2004 = 193 

  2003 = 412      2003 = 168 

  Sum: 683      Sum: 361 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  683 = 1.892 

  Number of recent items  361     

• 2005: 2-Year Impact Factor

• 2006: 2-Year Impact Factor

Cites in 2006 to items published in: 2005 = 250    Number of items published in: 2005 = 134 

  2004 = 367      2004 = 193 

  Sum: 617      Sum: 327 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  617 = 1.887 

  Number of recent items  327     

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Impact Factor Calculations: 2007

Cites in 2007 to items published in: 2006 = 429    Number of items published in: 2006 = 177 

  2005 = 342      2005 = 134 

  Sum: 771      Sum: 311 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  771 = 2.479

  Number of recent items  311     

• 2007: 2-Year Impact Factor

• 2007: 5-Year Impact Factor

Cites in 2007 to items published in: 2006 = 429    Number of items published in: 2006 = 177 

  2005 = 342      2005 = 134 

  2004 = 428      2004 = 193 

  2003 = 379      2003 = 168 

  2002 = 503      2002 = 178 

  Sum: 2081      Sum: 850 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  2081 = 2.448 

  Number of recent items  850     

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Impact Factor Calculations: 2008

Cites in 2008 to items published in: 2007 = 495    Number of items published in: 2007 = 168 

  2006 = 462      2006 = 177 

  Sum: 957      Sum: 345 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  957 = 2.774 

  Number of recent items  345     

• 2008: 2-Year Impact Factor

• 2008: 5-Year Impact Factor

Cites in 2008 to items published in: 2007 = 495    Number of items published in: 2007 = 168 

  2006 = 462      2006 = 177 

  2005 = 321      2005 = 134 

  2004 = 369      2004 = 193 

  2003 = 355      2003 = 168 

  Sum: 2002      Sum: 840 

Calculation: Cites to recent items  2002 = 2.383 

  Number of recent items  840     

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Immediacy Index and Cited Half-Life: 2008

Cites in 2008 to items published in 2008 = 144 Number of items published in 2008 = 200 

Calculation: Cites to current items  144 = 0.720   Number of current items  200     

• The Immediacy Index is the average number of times an article is cited in the year it

is published.

• The cited half-life for the journal is the median age of its items cited in the current

JCR year. Half of the citations to the journal are to items published within the cited

half-life.

Cited Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998-all# Cites from 2008  144  495  462  321  369  355  429  271  328  321  4015

Cumulative %  1.92  8.51  14.66  18.93  23.85  28.58  34.29  37.90  42.26  46.54  100

Cited Half-Life: >10.0 years

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Category Impact Rank, 2008:17 of 48, Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Top Cited Papers: 2004-2008

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Top Cited Papers: 2004-2008

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Full-Text Downloads by Month, 2005 - 2009

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Downloads and Citations

• 43% increase in downloads in first half

of 2009 as compared to first half of 2008

• Already 1,871 cites in 2009 to papers

published 1990-present

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Corresponding Authors’ Countries of OriginPapers Accepted May 2005 – Present

CountryPapers

Accepted

Argentina 5

Australia 12

Austria 8

Belgium 13

Brazil 15

Canada 2

China 66

Costa Rica 1

Croatia 12

Czech Republic 8

Egypt 1

France 32

Georgia 1

Germany 33

CountryPapers

Accepted

Hungary 1

India 42

Iran 2

Ireland 3

Italy 13

Japan 10

Korea 4

Mexico 3

Netherlands 10

NONE 6

Norway 1

Pakistan 1

Poland 7

Portugal 2

CountryPapers

Accepted

Russian Federation 41

Slovakia 9

Slovenia 1

Spain 12

Sweden 3

Switzerland 2

Taiwan 2

Turkey 3

Ukraine 8

United Kingdom 66

United States 173

US Minor Outlying Islands

2

Venezuela 2

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Corresponding Authors’ Countries of OriginPapers Accepted May 2005 – Present