The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)—self-published by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), a nonprofit, international scientific and professional organization—offers readers around the globe clinical investigations, basic science reports, continuing education articles, book reviews, employment opportunities, and updates on rapidly changing issues in practice and research.
According to new data announced in 2020 by Clarivate Analytics in the Journal Citation Reports, JNM ranks fourth in impact among 133 medical journals in the medical imaging category. Its impact factor of 7.887 is the highest ever in its 60-year history.
JNM's impact factor increased more than 7%, from 7.354 (2018) to 7.887 (2019), with 26,844 citations total. Its immediacy index is 2.386, third highest in the category. Among nuclear medicine journals, JNM has the highest total citations, 5-year impact factor, immediacy index, Eigenfactor score and article influence score.
Web of Science - Clarivate Analytics measures a journal's impact based on the number of article citations compared to the total number of articles published. The impact factor—a quantitative measure of the frequency with which an article in a journal is cited—is used to gauge the overall influence of a journal within scientific, professional and academic communities.
The impact factor is often used as a measure of the quality and influence of medical journals among researchers. For more than 45 years, Thomson Reuters has provided a systematic and objective way for librarians, researchers and other decision-makers to measure influence in the global research community."
The Journal Citation Report also publishes several other measurements for journals, including the total citations, immediacy index, and five-year impact factor.
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine is available online at http://jnm.snmjournals.org. Print copies are available for purchase at $60 per copy. To order a copy, contact the SNMMI Subscription Services at subscriptions@snmmi.org or telephone 1-800-513-6853. A 2021 online subscription to the journal—including full-color design, full access to archives, and access to articles online ahead of print—costs $426 for individuals and $977 for institutions.
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