The impact factor has dramatically increased

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One of the most perceived, significant benchmarks to determine the scientific value of a medical journal is the Science Citation Index, issued by ISI Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters). It tracks the number of times original scientific articles are cited in other journals as a reflection of the impact each article (and collectively each journal) has on the body of scientific literature during that year. Thus, the more times a scientific article is cited the more stature it and the journal it appeared in have as a meaningful contributor to the medical and scientific literature. Although the International Urogynecology Journal (IUJ) is still a relatively young journal, we had a dramatic increase in our impact factor this past year, going from 1.828 in 2006 to 2.523 in 2007. The IUJ is tracked in two categories: Urology and Nephrology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2006 the IUJ was rated 22nd out of 51 Urology/Nephrology indexed journals that received citations and impact factors, and this year we climbed to 16th out of 55 journals. In 2006 the IUJ was ranked 23rd out of 57 indexed Obstetrics and Gynecology journals, and in 2007 it climbed to 13th out of 60. Our number of submissions continues to rise: 392 submissions in 2006, 477 submissions in 2007. The IUJ received 335 submissions in the first six months of 2008, so we are on track for another significant increase this year of approximately 200 more submissions than in 2007. …