Journals Statistics 2008


Journal	BJCP	BJDP	BJEP	BJHP	BJMSP	BJP	BJSP	JNP	JOOP	LCP	PPTRP
No. MS received	201	151	192	166	89	176	213	38	322	67	110
No. MS accepted	38	64	36	49	25	51	40	17	54	29	29
Estimated % MS accepted^a	18.9	42.4	18.8	29.5	28	28.9	18.9	44.7	16.8	43.3	35.5
No. MS published^b	34	39	34	63	27	34	36	27	41	25	30
Total pages published^c	455	593	689	802	532	579	780	514	829	375	458
Average days from submission to first decision^d	64.2	63.9	70.8	55.2	91.6	45.6	79.8	63.4	73.4	44.5	98
Average publication lag (months)	9	11	14	15	18	11	13	12	12	10	8
Impact Factor^e	1.869	1.205	1.701	1.976	1.372	1.671	1.709	-	1.361	0.349	0.750
5-year Impact Factor	2.821	1.594	2.127	2.251	1.305	2.276	2.398	-	2.590	0.242	1.152
Ingenta Connect ranking^f	21st	22nd	11th	30th	-	31st	14th	-	24th	75th	65th

^a Percentage of manuscripts accepted is an estimate based on the number of papers submitted and the number accepted during 2008. When reading this figure, bear in mind that: (a) some of the papers submitted during 2008 are still under review and have not yet been given a final disposition of either accept or reject, and (b) some of the papers accepted in 2008 will have been submitted in previous years.

^b Includes commentaries, brief reports and invited papers, but not book reviews or editorials.

^c Includes editorials, commentaries, brief reports, book reviews and acknowledgements, but not contents pages, indexes or adverts.

^d Includes papers rejected without review.

^e Impact Factors and 5-year Impact Factors from Thomson Reuters ISI Journal Citation Reports.

^f Full text downloads from Ingenta Connect, averaged across monthly rankings for 2008. Data is only available for journals in the top 100. Ingenta Connect hosts over 10,000 journals.

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