2019 Impact Factors and CiteScores for Atlantis Press Journals

July 6th, 2020

Every year in June all STM publishing companies, societies and institutions which own STM journals eagerly await the publication of the new Impact Factors from Clarivate and CiteScores from Scopus. This year these show a mixed performance for the AP journals.

The Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health is the star performer in the AP portfolio this year coming in with a first impact factor of 2.200 ranking it in the 70th percentile of its JCR category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. The International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems sees its impact factor decline by 15% to a still healthy 1.838, while the impact factor for the Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics - a co-publication with Taylor & Francis which will be moving back to Atlantis Press as a fully open access journal in 2021 - remains fairly stable at 0.978. Artery Research recorded a steeper drop of 46% to 0.519 although most of this data still largely stems from a measurement period prior to the journal transfer from Elsevier to Atlantis Press. Overall, the 2019 impact factor performance of the AP portfolio can be summarized as follows:

  • Artery Research: 0.519 (down 46.4% from 0.969 in 2018)
  • International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems: 1.838 (down 14.6% from 2.153 in 2018)
  • Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health: 2.200 (first impact factor)
  • Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics: 0.978 (down 7.4% from 1.056 in 2018)

The CiteScores (for which the calculation methodology changed this year and was retrospectively applied to historical values as well to enable better comparison) show a similar though slightly more stable pattern. Artery Research (at 1.40), the International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing (at 0.76), the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (at 3.07) and the Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (at 2.14) all remain fairly stable compared to their adjusted 2018 scores. The International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems records a 20% drop to a still healthy 3.59. Overall, the 2019 CiteScore performance of the AP portfolio can be summarized as follows:

  • Artery Research: 1.40 (up 0.7% from 1.39 - adjusted value - in 2018)
  • International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems: 3.59 (down 20.4% from 4.51 - adjusted value - in 2018)
  • International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing: 0.76 (down 2.6% from 0.78 - adjusted value - in 2018)
  • Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health: 3.07 (up 1.0% from 3.04 - adjusted value - in 2018)
  • Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics: 2.14 (down 5.7% from 2.27 - adjusted value - in 2018)

It should be noted that the Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life and the Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications were recently accepted in Scopus and will therefore receive their first CiteScore in June 2021.

Atlantis Press (https://www.atlantis-press.com) is a global open access publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) content which was founded in Paris in 2006 and which currently has offices in Amsterdam, Paris, Hong Kong, Beijing and Zhengzhou. The company’s mission is to support the advancement of scientific, technical and medical research by contributing to a more efficient and effective dissemination and exchange of knowledge both for the research community and society at large. The Atlantis Press content platform currently contains more than 125,000 articles which are all open access (and hence freely accessible) and which generate more than 25 million downloads every year.