Cambridge University Press Journals Top The Rankings

[Susan Soule <ssoule@cambridge.org>]

With apologies for cross-posting

For Immediate Release

Cambridge 24th June 2009, Cambridge, England, UK & New York, USA

Cambridge University Press has again hit a high in the recent 
Thomson Reuters 2008 Journal Citation Reports(r) (JCR) with CUP 
titles Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Development and 
Psychopathology, International Organization and Microscopy and 
Microanalysis, all ranked as number 1 in their categories.

Cambridge journals have outperformed many of their competitors 
with an average increase in Impact Factor of almost 20%, set 
against an average increase of 11.8% across all categories in 
both the SCI and SSCI.

These strong performances are consistent across our publishing 
programme. Cambridge's Humanities and Social Science journals 
have an average increase of 24% against a 9.5% increase in the 
SSCI, and the Science, Technology and Medicine journals increased 
by 17% in comparison to a 12.7% increase in the SCI.

Over a quarter of Cambridge journals ranked appear within the top 
10 of their categories and 12 journals are placed in the top 5 in 
their categories including Psychological Medicine and Quarterly 
Reviews of Biophysics in the SCI and in the SSCI, The Journal of 
Modern African Studies and The Journal of African History.

Cambridge Journals indexed in the JCR for the first time included 
Animal: The International Journal of Animal Biosciences, 
published for The Animal Consortium, Journal of K-Theory, 
published for Independent Scholarly Online and Print Publishing, 
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies published for the History 
Department, National University of Singapore, and Neuron Glia 
Biology.

High Performances from Individual Journals

In the SSCI, the Impact Factor of Bilingualism: Language and 
Cognition rose to 2.049; a massive 171% increase compared with an 
average rise of 10.9% for journals in the Linguistics category. 
The Journal of Modern African Studies demonstrated a rise of 162% 
to an Impact Factor of 1.041, compared with an average rise of 
18.9% for in the Area Studies category.

In the SCI, three journals in particular saw considerable 
increases in their Impact Factors. Quarterly Reviews of 
Biophysics rose by 61% to 12.188 compared with an average 
increase in Biophysics of 4.3%. The Journal of Laryngology & 
Otology gained an Impact Factor of 0.796 - an increase of 59% 
compared to an average increase of 13.8% in the 
Otorhinolaryngology category. Finally, AI Edam increased its 
impact factor to 0.477 an increase of 71% compared to an average 
of 39.5% in the category, Computer Science, Artificial 
Intelligence.

For further information regarding Cambridge Impact Factors 
contact: gswanson@cambridge.org

For further information regarding Impact Factors please go to: 
http://www.scientific.thomson.com/

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Susan Soule
Journals Marketing Manager
Cambridge University Press, Americas