Editorial

摘要

Recently, the 2012 Journal Citation Impact Factors were announced. IJPDLM returned a very positive impact factor of 1.826 for 2012 comparing favorably with the current impact factor scores for associated SCML journals shown in Table I. In fact, each of these five leading SCML journals are ranked 70th or higher out of 172 journals in the Journal Citation Reports Management category with IJPDLM ranking 50th. IJPDLMs 2012 impact factor is calculated by comparing the number of cites in 2012 to articles published in 2011 (68) and 2010 (89) to the number of articles published in 2011 (46) and 2010 (40): 68 + 89/46 + 40 = 1.826. This year's score is equal to the simple average of the past two years (2.617 for 2010 and 1.038 for 2011) suggesting that the volatility of IJPDLMs impact factor may be stabilizing. As we move towards the journal's first five-year impact factor in 2014, the short-term goal of achieving a consistent impact factor of 2.00 or above seems very reasonable.