Publisher Informaton
AcqWeb List of Biomedical Publishers
Extensive list of biomedical and nursing publishers with links to their web site. Site maintained by a group of librarians.
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
These pages contain links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences. All links are to "primary sources," that is to publishers or organizations with editorial responsibilities for the titles.
This site is maintained by the Raymon H. Mulford Library / Medical College of Ohio.
Journal Citation Reports
Provides an annual analysis of scholarly journals in the sciences. Attempts to show the relationship between citing and cited journals in order to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. Covers about 7,000 international science journals.
ISI Journal Impact Factors and Key Nursing Journals List. 2007 (PDF Format)
Two key nursing journal listings are included: “Summary of Nursing Journal ISI Impact Factors” – 47 journals listed (includes the 2007 total cites, impact factor, immediacy index, 2007 articles, cited half-life) and the "Allen (CINAHL) Journal Ratings" – over 200 journals (% research articles, where indexed, peer-reviewed or not, cites).
This PDF also explains measures used in assessing journal quality including the impact factor, immediacy index, cited half-life, and Allen (CINAHL) rating. The publication history of Faculty of Nursing members from 2003 to 2008 is then discussed in relation to the number of papers they have published in journals having ISI Journal Impact factors and Allen (CINAHL) ratings. The ISI Impact Factor rating system is growing in popularity with increasing numbers of journals applying for an ISI Impact Factor rating. It will likely continue to grow, making it the most widely used tool to rate scholarly and professional journals, and will probably be used as the predominant rating system used by authors in making their publishing decisions.
Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Provides information on virtually every active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publication, and monographic series published in the United States and throughout the world. Includes contact information for over 80,000 publishers. Tells in what databases journals are indexed e.g whether or not they are included in CINAHL or MEDLINE.