The Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program is pleased to announce the inclusion of five SPJs in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate.
Research, launched in 2018, received its second Journal Impact Factor (JIF) this year, 11.0, ranking it #9 among 73 journals in the Multidisciplinary category in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).
Plant Phenomics also launched in 2018 and received its second JIF this year, 6.5, ranking it #5 among 88 journals in the Agronomy, #21 among 238 journals in the Plant Sciences, and #7 among 33 journals in the Remote Sensing categories in SCIE.
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, which transferred to the SPJ program at the end of 2022, received its fourth JIF this year, 4.9, ranking it #32 among 169 journals in the Ecology and #82 among 274 journals in the Environmental Sciences categories in SCIE.
Two titles in the SPJ program received their first JIFs this year after being launched in 2020 and accepted into Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) in 2022. Energy Material Advances received a JIF of 12.9, ranking it #1 among 17 journals in the Applied Physics category in ESCI and #12 among 176 journals in the combined ESCI and SCIE category listing for Applied Physics. Space: Science & Technology received a JIF of 3.3, ranking it #3 among 17 journals in the Aerospace Engineering category in ESCI and #10 among 51 journals in the combined ESCI and SCIE category listing for Aerospace Engineering. It was also ranked #3 among 15 journals in the Astronomy & Astrophysics category in ESCI and #27 among 84 journals in the combined ESCI and SCIE category listing for Astronomy & Astrophysics.
These milestones are the latest advancements for the SPJ program, which also had six journals receive CiteScore 2022 metrics from Scopus. Research ranked #9 among 134 journals in the Multidisciplinary category with a CiteScore of 13.4. Plant Phenomics ranked #8 among 376 journals in the Agronomy and Crop Science category with a CiteScore of 12.0. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability ranked #86 among 687 journals in the Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, #61 among 437 journals in the Ecology, and #76 among 384 journals in the Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law categories with a CiteScore of 6.6. Energy Material Advances ranked #9/54 journals in the Energy (miscellaneous) and #27/150 in the Materials Science (miscellaneous) categories with a CiteScore of 8.5. The SPJs BioDesign Research, launched in 2019, and Health Data Science, launched in 2020, also received their first CiteScore. BioDesign Research ranked #58 among 147 journals in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) category with a CiteScore of 2.4. Health Data Science ranked #47 among 134 journals in the Multidisciplinary category with a CiteScore of 1.8.
These landmarks recognize advancements in the development and reception of these new journals, and of the SPJ program more broadly.
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.science.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 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 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.
About Plant Phenomics
Plant Phenomics was launched in 2018 as the second journal in the SPJ program. It is an open access journal published in affiliation with the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), and distributed by the AAAS and began publishing in 2019. Like all journals participating in the SPJ program, Plant Phenomics is editorially independent from the Science family of journals. The mission of Plant Phenomics is to publish novel research that will advance all aspects of plant phenotyping from the cell to the plant population levels using innovative combinations of sensor systems and data analytics. Plant Phenomics aims also to connect phenomics to other science domains, such as genomics, genetics, physiology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, and computer sciences. Plant Phenomics should thus contribute to advance plant sciences and agriculture/forestry/horticulture by addressing key scientific challenges in the area of plant phenomics.
About Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
Ecosystem Health and Sustainability was launched in 2015 by the Ecological Society of China and has been published by the AAAS since joining the Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program at the end of 2022. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability publishes research on advances in sustainability ecology and how global environmental change affects ecosystem health. Papers focus on applying ecological theory, principles, and concepts to support sustainable development, especially in the areas undergoing rapid environmental change. Like all journals participating in the SPJ program, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability is editorially independent from the Science family of journals.
About Energy Material Advances
Energy Material Advances was launched in 2020 in affiliation with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), and distributed by the AAAS. It is an interdisciplinary journal which provides an advanced platform for investigations and research in the fields of material, energy, environmental, photoelectric, electromechanical, and mechanical sciences, as well as physics, chemistry, and biology. The scope covers multiple fields from cutting-edge material to energy science, investigating theoretical, technological as well as engineering aspects. Like all journals participating in the SPJ program, Energy Material Advances is editorially independent from the Science family of journals.
About Space: Science & Technology
Space: Science & Technology was launched in 2020 in affiliation with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), and distributed by the AAAS, and began publishing in 2021. BIT cooperates with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) which is affiliated with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) in managing the journal. Space: Science & Technology's mission is to promote the exploration and research of space worldwide, to lead the rapid integration and technological breakthroughs of interdisciplinary sciences in the space field, and to build a high-level academic platform for discussion, cooperation, technological progress, and information dissemination among professional researchers, engineers, scientists, and scholars. The journal's scope includes space science, space technology, and space infrastructure and services as three major domains. Like all journals participating in the SPJ program, Space: Science & Technology is editorially independent from the Science family of journals.
About BioDesign Research
BioDesign Research was launched in 2019 as the fourth journal in the SPJ program. It is an open access journal published in affiliation with Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) and distributed by the AAAS. The mission of BioDesign Research is to provide a platform for information exchange in the interdisciplinary field of biosystems design. Studies published in the journal pave the way towards the predictable de novo design of engineered and reengineered living organisms to address global challenges in health, agriculture, and the environment. Topics include in silico biosystems design, genetic or epigenetic modifications, and genome writing or rewriting, done in any model organism. Like all journals participating in the SPJ program, BioDesign Research is editorially independent from the Science family of journals.
About Health Data Science
Health Data Science was launched in 2020 in affiliation with Peking University and distributed by the AAAS. Health Data Science is also supported by the Advanced Institute of Information Technology, Peking University. Health Data Science's mission is to use data for better health. Health Data Science is committed to publishing scientific advances and thoughtful views generated from collaboration between health professionals and experts from the fields of computer science (including artificial intelligence, data visualization and visual analysis, and others), statistics, informatics, engineering, ethics, and more. Health Data Science supports interdisciplinary collaboration that merges understanding of practical scenarios with cutting-edge technical approaches to ethically address challenges in health practice and aid in policy-making. The journal contributes to the health community through supporting scientific efforts that have potential to translate the value of health data for the benefit of patients' health and population's well being.
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