2018年公布SCI杂志影响因子已经几个星期了,几家欢喜几家愁。欢喜是因为自己心仪或者已发表的杂志的影响因子提高,愁苦则可能是因为已发表论文的杂志影响因子陡降。那么哪些杂志今年的影响因子发生了显著变化呢?这可能是一个有趣的问题。IF提升很快的杂志,是新贵杂志,特别是对于那些原本IF较低而今年升高很快的杂志,可以作为投稿的潜在对象。而对于IF降低很快的杂志,则需要判断它为什么会降低?是发稿量增大了?论文质量下降了?还是只是偶然因素导致的?Anyway,比较一下论文IF的变化趋势,对于发表论文还是有一定的借鉴意义的。
我分析比较了今年和去年各SCI杂志的影响因子变化情况。采用了两种比较指标,(1)影响因子的绝对变化值;(2)影响因子的变化百分比。选取标准是:IF升高绝对值>2且升高比例>30%;或者IF降低绝对值>1且降低比例>30%。下面的列表显示了2018年IF变化最大的期刊。其中值得关注的是实现跨界的杂志,例如跨越5和10的期刊。需要声明,我对影响因子并不十分感冒,本分析纯属娱乐,并无刻意引导的意味。
在IF上升的期刊中,升高最明显的杂志是Industrial and Organizational Psychology-Perspectives on Science and Practice,2017年只有1.747而2018年达到了16.737。另外,Acta Crystallographica Section C 从4.099变成了8.678;Acta Crystallographica Section B从2.032变成了6.467,AMERICAN STATISTICIAN也很狠,从0.646变成了4.302!
在IF降低的期刊中,降低最明显的杂志是CRITICAL REVIEWS IN THERAPEUTIC DRUG CARRIER SYSTEMS,从6.667降低到了2.414。另外,DRUG DELIVERY、ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS、CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY、Mitochondrial DNA、ACM TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS等杂志的影响因子降低也非常显著
表1. 2018年IF升高最快的杂志
Rank |
Full Journal Title |
2018年 IF |
2017年 IF |
IF升高幅度 |
IF升高百分比 |
1 |
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS |
244.585 |
187.040 |
57.545 |
30.77 |
2 |
Industrial and Organizational Psychology-Perspectives on Science and Practice |
16.375 |
1.747 |
14.628 |
837.32 |
3 |
Journal of Statistical Software |
22.737 |
9.436 |
13.301 |
140.96 |
4 |
PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY |
26.364 |
16.455 |
9.909 |
60.22 |
5 |
Nature Reviews Disease Primers |
16.071 |
6.389 |
9.682 |
151.54 |
6 |
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS |
30.917 |
21.818 |
9.099 |
41.70 |
7 |
PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE |
25.242 |
17.382 |
7.86 |
45.22 |
8 |
Psychological Science in the Public Interest |
21.286 |
14.143 |
7.143 |
50.51 |
9 |
PROGRESS IN SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY |
9.313 |
4.087 |
5.226 |
127.87 |
10 |
Advanced Energy Materials |
21.875 |
16.721 |
5.154 |
30.82 |
11 |
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY |
9.406 |
4.438 |
4.968 |
111.94 |
12 |
Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry |
8.846 |
3.913 |
4.933 |
126.07 |
13 |
Alcohol Research-Current Reviews |
7.111 |
2.378 |
4.733 |
199.03 |
14 |
Acta Crystallographica Section C-Structural Chemistry |
8.678 |
4.099 |
4.579 |
111.71 |
15 |
SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS |
17.800 |
13.333 |
4.467 |
33.50 |
16 |
Acta Crystallographica Section B-Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials |
6.467 |
2.032 |
4.435 |
218.26 |
17 |
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS |
13.122 |
8.964 |
4.158 |
46.39 |
18 |
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS |
12.703 |
8.605 |
4.098 |
47.62 |
19 |
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
10.217 |
6.202 |
4.015 |
64.74 |
20 |
ACS Central Science |
11.228 |
7.481 |
3.747 |
50.09 |
21 |
Journal of Thoracic Oncology |
10.336 |
6.595 |
3.741 |
56.72 |
22 |
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE |
10.683 |
6.968 |
3.715 |
53.32 |
23 |
Epilepsy Currents |
9.333 |
5.625 |
3.708 |
65.92 |
24 |
ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA |
15.872 |
12.213 |
3.659 |
29.96 |
25 |
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN |
4.302 |
0.646 |
3.656 |
565.94 |
26 |
Lancet Psychiatry |
15.233 |
11.588 |
3.645 |
31.45 |
27 |
NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS |
7.500 |
3.900 |
3.6 |
92.31 |
28 |
Lancet Haematology |
10.698 |
7.123 |
3.575 |
50.19 |
29 |
ACTA NUMERICA |
9.727 |
6.250 |
3.477 |
55.63 |
30 |
Advanced Science |
12.441 |
9.034 |
3.407 |
37.71 |
31 |
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW |
11.611 |
8.222 |
3.389 |
41.22 |
32 |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION |
11.541 |
8.222 |
3.319 |
40.37 |
33 |
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
16.990 |
13.678 |
3.312 |
24.21 |
34 |
Alzheimers & Dementia |
12.740 |
9.478 |
3.262 |
34.42 |
35 |
MILBANK QUARTERLY |
6.000 |
2.809 |
3.191 |
113.60 |
36 |
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology |
8.800 |
5.650 |
3.15 |
55.75 |
37 |
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |
7.000 |
3.930 |
3.07 |
78.12 |
38 |
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH |
6.480 |
3.440 |
3.04 |
88.37 |
39 |
Bone Research |
12.354 |
9.326 |
3.028 |
32.47 |
40 |
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH |
8.241 |
5.263 |
2.978 |
56.58 |
41 |
RIVISTA DEL NUOVO CIMENTO |
3.739 |
0.792 |
2.947 |
372.10 |
42 |
Nanophotonics |
6.014 |
3.114 |
2.9 |
93.13 |
43 |
Advances in the Study of Behavior |
5.200 |
2.400 |
2.8 |
116.67 |
44 |
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics |
4.880 |
2.083 |
2.797 |
134.28 |
45 |
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems |
5.131 |
2.350 |
2.781 |
118.34 |
46 |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE |
7.023 |
4.261 |
2.762 |
64.82 |
47 |
ATOMIC DATA AND NUCLEAR DATA TABLES |
4.441 |
1.689 |
2.752 |
162.94 |
48 |
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science |
6.756 |
4.079 |
2.677 |
65.63 |
49 |
PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY |
5.294 |
2.626 |
2.668 |
101.60 |
50 |
CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE |
6.281 |
3.640 |
2.641 |
72.55 |
51 |
Annual Review of Vision Science |
5.140 |
2.522 |
2.618 |
103.81 |
52 |
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE |
8.488 |
5.888 |
2.6 |
44.16 |
53 |
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE |
4.950 |
2.380 |
2.57 |
107.98 |
54 |
Nano-Micro Letters |
7.381 |
4.849 |
2.532 |
52.22 |
55 |
Reviews in Aquaculture |
7.139 |
4.618 |
2.521 |
54.59 |
56 |
Autophagy |
11.100 |
8.593 |
2.507 |
29.17 |
57 |
JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES |
6.531 |
4.047 |
2.484 |
61.38 |
58 |
Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics |
3.690 |
1.259 |
2.431 |
193.09 |
59 |
European Review of Social Psychology |
3.750 |
1.389 |
2.361 |
169.98 |
60 |
European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging |
8.336 |
5.990 |
2.346 |
39.17 |
61 |
JAMA Dermatology |
8.107 |
5.817 |
2.29 |
39.37 |
62 |
Business Strategy and the Environment |
5.355 |
3.076 |
2.279 |
74.09 |
63 |
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine |
4.932 |
2.676 |
2.256 |
84.30 |
64 |
Annual Review of Food Science and Technology |
9.523 |
7.310 |
2.213 |
30.27 |
65 |
Acta Crystallographica A-Foundation and Advances |
7.930 |
5.725 |
2.205 |
38.52 |
66 |
Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture |
4.750 |
2.545 |
2.205 |
86.64 |
67 |
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING |
6.131 |
3.942 |
2.189 |
55.53 |
68 |
PERIODONTOLOGY 2000 |
6.220 |
4.072 |
2.148 |
52.75 |
69 |
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE |
5.336 |
3.214 |
2.122 |
66.02 |
70 |
JOURNAL OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN |
5.023 |
2.909 |
2.114 |
72.67 |
71 |
Journal of Destination Marketing & Management |
3.667 |
1.556 |
2.111 |
135.67 |
72 |
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology |
5.829 |
3.719 |
2.11 |
56.74 |
73 |
JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY |
5.561 |
3.452 |
2.109 |
61.10 |
74 |
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
7.674 |
5.571 |
2.103 |
37.75 |
75 |
Earth System Science Data |
8.792 |
6.696 |
2.096 |
31.30 |
76 |
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences |
6.775 |
4.708 |
2.067 |
43.90 |
77 |
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management |
4.918 |
2.852 |
2.066 |
72.44 |
78 |
THYROID |
7.557 |
5.515 |
2.042 |
37.03 |
79 |
Journal of Bone Oncology |
3.500 |
1.471 |
2.029 |
137.93 |
80 |
JOURNAL OF MARKETING |
7.338 |
5.318 |
2.02 |
37.98 |
81 |
Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy |
2.993 |
0.975 |
2.018 |
206.97 |
82 |
Advances in Applied Mechanics |
5.000 |
3.000 |
2 |
66.67 |
表2. 2018年IF降低最快的杂志
Rank |
Full Journal Title |
2018年 IF |
2017年 IF |
IF升高幅度 |
IF升高百分比 |
1 |
Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease |
15.952 |
26.853 |
-10.901 |
-40.60 |
2 |
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology |
9.032 |
14.917 |
-5.885 |
-39.45 |
3 |
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science |
8.836 |
14.016 |
-5.18 |
-36.96 |
4 |
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN THERAPEUTIC DRUG CARRIER SYSTEMS |
2.414 |
6.667 |
-4.253 |
-63.79 |
5 |
Soft Robotics |
5.057 |
8.649 |
-3.592 |
-41.53 |
6 |
DRUG DELIVERY |
3.095 |
6.402 |
-3.307 |
-51.66 |
7 |
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS |
1.760 |
5.045 |
-3.285 |
-65.11 |
8 |
Clinical Epidemiology |
3.799 |
7.056 |
-3.257 |
-46.16 |
9 |
CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
2.267 |
5.250 |
-2.983 |
-56.82 |
10 |
COMPLEXITY |
1.829 |
4.621 |
-2.792 |
-60.42 |
11 |
Geochemical Perspectives |
4.000 |
6.750 |
-2.75 |
-40.74 |
12 |
JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING RESEARCH |
2.281 |
5.000 |
-2.719 |
-54.38 |
13 |
Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology |
3.026 |
5.605 |
-2.579 |
-46.01 |
14 |
Mitochondrial DNA |
0.925 |
3.350 |
-2.425 |
-72.39 |
15 |
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
4.535 |
6.953 |
-2.418 |
-34.78 |
16 |
BRITISH JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL & STATISTICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
1.214 |
3.510 |
-2.296 |
-65.41 |
17 |
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS |
0.759 |
3.033 |
-2.274 |
-74.98 |
18 |
Kidney International Supplements |
3.357 |
5.593 |
-2.236 |
-39.98 |
19 |
Journal of Clinical Lipidology |
3.580 |
5.812 |
-2.232 |
-38.40 |
20 |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY |
4.034 |
6.189 |
-2.155 |
-34.82 |
21 |
QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY |
2.321 |
4.250 |
-1.929 |
-45.39 |
22 |
Pregnancy Hypertension-An International Journal of Womens Cardiovascular Health |
2.011 |
3.930 |
-1.919 |
-48.83 |
23 |
Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie-Crystalline Materials |
1.263 |
3.179 |
-1.916 |
-60.27 |
24 |
Journal of Consumer Culture |
1.672 |
3.579 |
-1.907 |
-53.28 |
25 |
JOURNAL OF CLASSIFICATION |
1.214 |
3.083 |
-1.869 |
-60.62 |
26 |
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS |
4.212 |
6.077 |
-1.865 |
-30.69 |
27 |
TEXAS LAW REVIEW |
2.209 |
4.030 |
-1.821 |
-45.19 |
28 |
Vehicular Communications |
3.289 |
5.108 |
-1.819 |
-35.61 |
29 |
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry |
1.316 |
3.105 |
-1.789 |
-57.62 |
30 |
Chinese Physics C |
3.298 |
5.084 |
-1.786 |
-35.13 |
31 |
International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance |
3.030 |
4.809 |
-1.779 |
-36.99 |
32 |
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART C-SEMINARS IN MEDICAL GENETICS |
3.822 |
5.600 |
-1.778 |
-31.75 |
33 |
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES B-STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY |
2.894 |
4.610 |
-1.716 |
-37.22 |
34 |
STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH |
2.284 |
3.953 |
-1.669 |
-42.22 |
35 |
Stem Cell Research |
1.829 |
3.494 |
-1.665 |
-47.65 |
36 |
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY |
2.938 |
4.562 |
-1.624 |
-35.60 |
37 |
INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING |
3.667 |
5.264 |
-1.597 |
-30.34 |
38 |
Swarm Intelligence |
1.520 |
3.115 |
-1.595 |
-51.20 |
39 |
Perspectives on Politics |
1.642 |
3.234 |
-1.592 |
-49.23 |
40 |
Arabian Journal of Chemistry |
2.969 |
4.553 |
-1.584 |
-34.79 |
41 |
VLDB JOURNAL |
2.689 |
4.269 |
-1.58 |
-37.01 |
42 |
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE |
3.653 |
5.220 |
-1.567 |
-30.02 |
43 |
GEODINAMICA ACTA |
1.049 |
2.611 |
-1.562 |
-59.82 |
44 |
Reviews of Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology |
3.235 |
4.769 |
-1.534 |
-32.17 |
45 |
CBE-Life Sciences Education |
2.413 |
3.930 |
-1.517 |
-38.60 |
46 |
CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS |
0.340 |
1.857 |
-1.517 |
-81.69 |
47 |
EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION |
2.388 |
3.826 |
-1.438 |
-37.58 |
48 |
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY |
1.818 |
3.256 |
-1.438 |
-44.16 |
49 |
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION |
0.756 |
2.184 |
-1.428 |
-65.38 |
50 |
APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY REVIEWS |
2.826 |
4.254 |
-1.428 |
-33.57 |
51 |
Social Psychology |
1.200 |
2.602 |
-1.402 |
-53.88 |
52 |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE |
2.514 |
3.900 |
-1.386 |
-35.54 |
53 |
ANASTHESIOLOGIE & INTENSIVMEDIZIN |
0.880 |
2.227 |
-1.347 |
-60.48 |
54 |
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECORD |
1.917 |
3.256 |
-1.339 |
-41.12 |
55 |
Journal of Anthropological Sciences |
2.667 |
4.000 |
-1.333 |
-33.33 |
56 |
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL |
1.654 |
2.978 |
-1.324 |
-44.46 |
57 |
IET Power Electronics |
2.267 |
3.547 |
-1.28 |
-36.09 |
58 |
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH |
2.792 |
4.071 |
-1.279 |
-31.42 |
59 |
Journal of Operational Oceanography |
2.067 |
3.342 |
-1.275 |
-38.15 |
60 |
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research |
0.687 |
1.950 |
-1.263 |
-64.77 |
61 |
Journal of Legal Analysis |
1.545 |
2.800 |
-1.255 |
-44.82 |
62 |
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction |
0.972 |
2.227 |
-1.255 |
-56.35 |
63 |
HEART AND VESSELS |
2.185 |
3.434 |
-1.249 |
-36.37 |
64 |
EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST |
2.174 |
3.419 |
-1.245 |
-36.41 |
65 |
Publications Mathematiques de l IHES |
1.957 |
3.182 |
-1.225 |
-38.50 |
66 |
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN SURGERY |
1.731 |
2.955 |
-1.224 |
-41.42 |
67 |
Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache |
1.538 |
2.760 |
-1.222 |
-44.28 |
68 |
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS |
1.319 |
2.528 |
-1.209 |
-47.82 |
69 |
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS |
1.319 |
2.528 |
-1.209 |
-47.82 |
70 |
MARINE GEOLOGY |
2.364 |
3.572 |
-1.208 |
-33.82 |
71 |
Health Informatics Journal |
1.833 |
3.021 |
-1.188 |
-39.32 |
72 |
POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES C |
1.400 |
2.556 |
-1.156 |
-45.23 |
73 |
METROLOGIA |
2.275 |
3.411 |
-1.136 |
-33.30 |
74 |
Hormones & Cancer |
2.581 |
3.709 |
-1.128 |
-30.41 |
75 |
PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH |
2.450 |
3.571 |
-1.121 |
-31.39 |
76 |
Psychology of Learning and Motivation |
1.714 |
2.821 |
-1.107 |
-39.24 |
77 |
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing |
2.304 |
3.389 |
-1.085 |
-32.02 |
78 |
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPROXIMATE REASONING |
1.766 |
2.845 |
-1.079 |
-37.93 |
79 |
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION |
1.976 |
3.047 |
-1.071 |
-35.15 |
80 |
HEALTH RISK & SOCIETY |
1.207 |
2.262 |
-1.055 |
-46.64 |
81 |
MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES |
1.307 |
2.349 |
-1.042 |
-44.36 |
82 |
HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE |
1.620 |
2.661 |
-1.041 |
-39.12 |
83 |
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS & MOBILE COMPUTING |
0.869 |
1.899 |
-1.03 |
-54.24 |
84 |
JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH |
1.257 |
2.284 |
-1.027 |
-44.96 |
85 |
Trends in Hearing |
2.000 |
3.024 |
-1.024 |
-33.86 |
86 |
CYTOPATHOLOGY |
1.376 |
2.380 |
-1.004 |
-42.18 |
87 |
COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING |
1.074 |
2.074 |
-1 |
-48.22 |