Steady Impact Factor Growth for MDPI Open Access Journals 英文参考文献.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 10971-10973; doi:10.3390/molecules170910971 OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Editorial Steady Impact Factor Growth for MDPI Open Access Journals Alexander Thiesen MDPI AG, Postfach, CH – 4005 Basel, Switzerland; Office: Kandererstrasse 25, Basel CH – 4057, Switzerland; E-Mail: thiesen@; Tel.: +41-61-683-77-34; Fax: +41-61-302-8918 Received: 5 September 2012 / Published: 12 September 2012 For the past three years MDPI has announced the newly released impact factors for its Open Access journals by the means of an annual editorial [1–3]. In 2012 we are—once again—pleased to report that the growth of the impact factors of MDPI’s Open Access journals continues. This year’s edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which is published annually by Thomson Reuters, includes 10 journals published by MDPI, including three that have received their first official Impact Factors— International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), Materials and Nutrients. Table 1 reports the latest Impact Factors for 2011. Figure 1 graphically depicts the evolution of the Impact Factors for four MDPI open access journals that have received Impact Factors in the past. Table 2 reports the ranking of the MDPI journals within the subject categories of the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). Table 1. Impact Factors of ten MDPI journals (adapted from the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Edition 2011, Copyright 2012 by Thomson Reuters). 2007 2008 2009 2010 1.130 1.109 2011 1.865 1.183 1.605 2.598 3.854 1.677 2.386 0.676 1.739 1.500 Energies Entropy IJERPH IJMS 0.750 1.103 0.978 1.200 1.387 2.863 2.279 3.471 Marine Drugs Materials Molecules Nutrients Sensors 0.940 1.573 1.252 1.870 1.738 1.821 1.988 1.771 1.000 Viruses  Molecules 2012, 17 10972 Figure 1. Evolution of the Impact Factors for four MDPI open access jour