University of Iowa’s citation and publishing history

Garnering data from the Local Journal Utilization Report (LJUR) produced by Thomson Reuters (who extrapolates the data based on citations in the Web of Science database), we can see which journals are most often used by UI authors and which journals most often cite UI authors. Keep in mind that this data is confined by the limits of the universe of journals covered by Web of Science.

Cumulative data from the most recent three years (2008-2010) indicates the journals that most frequently cite UI authors (thus showing where UI researchers are having the most impact). The top 12 titles are:

Journal Title Total cites (2008-2010)
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 3181
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 2724
PLOS ONE 2668
PHYSICAL REVIEW D 1898
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1830
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1774
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 1410
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 1315
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 1178
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE 1169
BRAIN RESEARCH 1059
NEUROIMAGE 988

Of note is PLOS ONE, which is an open access journal.  In 2010 (the most recent available), PLOS ONE jumps to the top of the list with 1236 cites.

Data from the same three year period also shows which journals UI authors most often cite in their published articles (thus showing which journals have the most impact on UI authors).  The top ten are:

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
NATURE
SCIENCE
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Interested in seeing more of the data?  Contact Karen Fischer (karen-fischer@uiowa.edu, 335-8781).