Thomson Reuters’ Impact Factor results for 2014 have been released, and AGA is pleased to announce that its journals Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH) have both achieved their highest-ever rankings.
Gastroenterology remains the highest-ranked digestive disease journal in the field with an impact factor of 16.7.
CGH maintains seventh place with a score of 7.9. The impact factor measures the number of citations that articles receive and is a widely regarded tool for determining journals’ overall importance and influence. “While the impact factor should not be used to evaluate scientific research, be it basic science or clinical, we are humbled by the just-released numbers,” said Bishr Omary, M,D,, Ph,D,, editor in chief of Gastroenterology.
“Credit goes to our authors, reviewers, editors, and journal staff, who help us publish the highest quality research, reviews, and special sections that encompass all the subdisciplines of our field.”
Hashem B. El-Serag, M.D., M.P.H., editor in chief of CGH, said “We are pleased with the increase in the impact factor for CGH, especially during a time [when] the number of papers published at CGH has considerably increased, and the number of submissions to the journals is at an all-time high. The board of editors and editorial staff deserve a lot of credit in making the journal thicker, more readable, and now more citable.”
AGA congratulates the respective board of editors of both Gastroenterology and CGH on this significant achievement.
