About The Journal of Nuclear Medicine The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s (JNM) impact grows and remains consistently high over the past five years. The quality and influence of JNM climbed this past year, placing the publication in fourth place among 85 nuclear medicine, radiology and medical imaging journals, according to results from the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information's Journal Citation Report. JNM is ranked in the top 5 percent of all imaging journals based on its impact factor, which rose to 4.986 from 4.684 in 2005, placing it ahead of other imaging journals such as Human Brain Mapping, Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and Radiotherapy and Oncology. The impact factor is a direct measure of the number of times material in a particular journal is cited in relation to the total number of manuscripts a journal publishes. It is a way to estimate the frequency with which an average article in a journal is cited. The Journal Citation Report also publishes an immediacy index for journals as an indicator of the speed with which citations to a specific journal appear in published literature. JNM's immediacy index rose to 1.004, moving the journal to third place in its category. The total number of JNM citations grew to 14,605 for 2006.JNM is a benefit of membership in the Society of Nuclear Medicine, but individual and institutional subscriptions are available. For subscription information, click here . For more information about becoming a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, click here .
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