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Vol. 279, Issue 1, F1-F1, July 2000

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As the editor of the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology, I would like to bring to your attention the new citation format for the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology. All section journals of the American Journal of Physiology will now be indexed separately by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) for calculation of impact factors (IF). Thus each journal will be referenced using its full title, but using the American Journal of Physiology consolidated volume number, which appears centered at the bottom of the cover of the journal. It is also important that each cited page number retains the "F" letter. The correct citation for our Journal is

Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 278: F101-F114, 2000

Additional information regarding the history behind this change can be found in the Physiologist, Volume 42, Number 6 (December 1999), and at the American Physiological Society web site under the archived online news Press Release at http://www.faseb.org/aps/PressRelease2.html. Please be sure to update your Reference Manager, Endnote, and other referencing software to ensure proper citation.

This new citation format will allow us to accumulate the most accurate IF for our Journal. Our IF is 3.779, ranking us 7/74 in physiology and 3/42 for our field. This is based on hand-calculated data from 1998. We have the highest IF of all of the sections of the American Journal of Physiology and have over the years consistently driven up the overall IF of the consolidated American Journal of Physiology journals.

As you are probably aware, the IF is based on a two-year citation history, but the ISI is also considering publishing citation factors for a 10-year period that will provide useful information in the evaluation of the longer-term impact of papers in journals. The table below clearly indicates that we have long-lasting and sustained impact far beyond our competitors. The table shows mean 10-year cumulative citation factors custom-calculated in 1998 by the ISI for the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology and competing journals.

                              
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Additional information regarding these citation statistics can be found at the American Physiological Society web site at http://www.faseb.org/aps/cstats. htm or can also be accessed from our Journal web site at www.renal-physiology.com.

I also wanted to let you know that all published material 13 months or older will be open for free access at http://ajprenal.physiology.org, allowing you to retrieve these articles at no cost to you or your institution.

We at the American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology are very excited about these changes and hope that you will find this information interesting and helpful. We encourage you to submit your papers to our outstanding journal and believe that you will continue to enjoy reading the high-quality studies and timely and concise reviews being published in the Journal! For comments or questions about this editorial or for suggestions regarding future reviews, please contact us at ajprenal{at}yale.edu).

Steven C. Hebert,
Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Yale University School of Medicine

Am J Physiol Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol 279(1):F1-F1
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