The Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program is pleased to announce that the first journal it launched, Research, has received its inaugural Journal Impact Factor, 11.036, ranking it #10 among 73 journals in the Multidisciplinary category of the 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate, 2022.
This milestone is the latest advancement for Research, which also holds a Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) of 1.58 and a CiteScore of 10.5, the latter ranking it 9th among 120 journals in the Multidisciplinary category from Scopus.
These landmarks recognize advancements in the development and reception of Research, and of the SPJ program more broadly.
“This is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate the hard work of all involved,” said Bill Moran, Publisher of the Science family of journals at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Launched in 2018 in partnership with the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), Research publishes original multidisciplinary work reflecting innovative discoveries and important issues in the life and physical sciences and in engineering and applied science. Papers published since its launch have covered self-healing surface coating, reconfigurable acoustic metamaterial, and 3D printing of cellular structures, among others.
“We look forward to Research continuing to publish high-quality research and review articles that will further contribute to the advancement of science globally and expand on the journal’s mission to provide an international platform for academic exchange, collaboration, and technological advancements,” said Moran.
About Science Partner Journals
The Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program was launched in late 2017 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the nonprofit publisher of the Science family of journals. The program features high-quality, Open Access publications produced in collaboration with international research institutions, foundations, funders, and societies. Through these collaborations, AAAS furthers its mission to communicate science broadly and for the benefit of all people by providing top-tier international research organizations with the technology, visibility, and publishing expertise that AAAS is uniquely positioned to offer as the world’s largest general science membership society.
Organizations participating in the SPJ program are editorially independent and responsible for the content published in each journal. To oversee the publication process, each organization provides professional editors committed to best practices in peer review and author service. It is the responsibility of the staff of each SPJ title to establish and execute all aspects of the peer review process, including oversight of editorial policy, selection of papers, and editing of content, following best practices advised by AAAS. AAAS is actively seeking new partners across scientific disciplines. For more information about the SPJ program, please visit spj.sciencemag.org. For questions regarding the program and inquiries about the application process for becoming a partner organization, contact spj@aaas.org.
About the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science, as well as Science Translational Medicine; Science Signaling; digital, open access journal Science Advances; Science Immunology; and Science Robotics. AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world. The nonprofit AAAS is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy, international programs, science education, public engagement, and more. For additional information about AAAS, visit www.aaas.org.
About Research
Research was launched in 2018 as the first journal in the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program in partnership with the Science and Technology Review Publishing House, the publishing house under the leadership of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). As with all participants in the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program, Research is editorially independent from the Science family of journals and CAST is responsible for all content published in the journal. Research provides an international platform for academic exchange, collaboration, and technological advancements. The journal publishes high-quality research from any research domain, from any author in the world.