EDITORIAL
Impact factors for 2004
Journal impact factors for 2004: another rise for Thorax
Thorax Editorial Office
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor J A Wedzicha
Thorax Editorial Office, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK; j.a.wedzicha@medsch.ucl.ac.uk
The impact factor for Thorax continues to rise
Keywords: impact factor; Thorax
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The journal impact factors for the year 2004 have recently been announced. The impact factor reflects the number of citations in 2004 to the number of original papers and reviews published in Thorax in 2002 and 2003. We are very pleased to let all our readers know that the impact factor for Thorax has risen from 4.188 in 2003 to 5.040 in 2004. Thorax is the second highest ranked respiratory journal in terms of impact factor, behind the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The impact factors for the main respiratory journals are listed in table 1
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View this table: [in a new window] Table 1 Journal impact factors for 2004: respiratory journals |
The impact factor for Thorax has risen over the last few years and this reflects the high quality original papers and reviews we have received for publication.1,2 In 2002 and 2003 we also published useful management guidelines for
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