The 2022 Journal Impact Factor: Continuing Changes and the Lingering Effects of COVID-19
In this space last year, I provided some explanation of the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), the journal metric released annually by Clarivate Analytics as part of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). This year provides an opportunity to address the changes that Clarivate have imposed over the past three years and how macrotrends in scientific publishing have […]
ACSM Announces 2022 Paper of the Year Selections
(Indianapolis, IN) The American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) announced the 2022 Paper of the Year for each of ACSM’s five highly acclaimed journals — the college’s sixth and newest journal, Exercise, Sport, and Movement had not yet been established — during a symposium at the 2023 ACSM annual meeting held May 30 – June […]
Exercise, Sport, and Movement Publishes First Article: Graphical Review
Here we are in early 2023, and Exercise, Sport, and Movement (ESM) is beginning to roll. ESM came into existence at the start of 2022—we put together an editorial team in the late spring and summer, and we began accepting submissions in the early fall. It has been a whirlwind, yet we met our initial goal of publishing at […]
Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews Unveils New Cover Art
ACSM is excited to announce a fresh new look for Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (ESSR), thanks to the diligent work of the publication team and longtime ACSM designer Dave Brewer. The new cover made its debut on the January 2023 issue. ESSR had its start in 1972 as annual hardcover volume and in 2000 transitioned to a quarterly […]
The Influence of the Journal Impact Factor
There may be no more divisive topic in scholarly publishing than the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) — a metric first circulated in 1975 with the goal of providing librarians a tool with which to make informed journal purchases. Currently owned by Clarivate Analytics, JIFs are released in late June each year as an element of the […]
The Peer Review Process
A scientific journal will enter your manuscript into a rigorous review by subject matter experts (your peers) prior to accepting the manuscript for publication.
How to Craft Your Article Title to Increase Views and Citations
Most academics use the citation count of their peer-reviewed publications to assess the impact of their research. Unfortunately, a substantial proportion of published articles are poorly cited, which suggests a minimal contribution by this work to the knowledge in a field. For example, Kortlever et al. found that 36% of the 135,029 articles published in 204 orthopedic journals between […]
Predatory Publishing: How to Avoid Exploitative Journals
Publishing original research is critical to academic and professional achievement. When selecting the journal to which you will submit your work, it is important to consider the options very carefully. While there are many academic journals, 30,000 or more in fact based on some reports, it is estimated that around 10,000 journals employ “predatory publishing” […]