Another impact factor increase
BJOG's impact factor for 2009 has been announced. It rose from 3.101 to 3.437, the highest score the journal has ever achieved. BJOG is now ranked 6th in the category of Obstetrics and Gynecology overall, up from 10th in 2008. It is the fourth year in a row that the impact factor has increased, representing a 61% increase on the score in 2006.
The editor-in-chief, Professor Phil Steer, says "we are delighted with the improvement. Only one other general Journal publishing original research work in O&G has a higher score. Our success is due to the hard work of our first class team of editors and reviewers, to whom many thanks and congratulations are due."
Video podcast: March 2010
Should HPV testing be used in the management of low grade abnormalities of the cervix?
While treatments for high grade abnormalities are well established, the best approach for women with low grade abnormalities - the majority of whom will not develop cervical cancer - is not so clear cut. What role does HPV testing play? When is immediate colposcopy preferable to cytological surveillance and immediate LLETZ over biopsy and recall? Click here to watch the latest BJOG Video Podcast. Chair: Vanessa Harry Author: Maggie Cruickshank Invited experts: Patrick Walker, Amanda Herbert
BJOG International Reviews 2009
In October 2009 BJOG published a special supplement containing reviews and commentaries pertinent to achieving millennium development goals (MDGS) 4 and 5 especially in low resource countries. The supplement has been edited by Andrew Weeks and Nynke van den Broek of the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and will be distributed free to clinicians in low resource settings. The issue is available free online here.
BJOG audio podcast September 2009: Termination of pregnancy and the risk of subsequent preterm birth—what is the evidence?
Click here for details and to access the podcast.
BJOG Impact Factor announcement
The new Impact Factor for BJOG has jumped to 3.101 (from 2.666), the highest Impact Factor the journal has ever achieved. BJOG is now rated among the top ten journals in its discipline. The Impact Factor is a widely recognized classification of a journal's influence and reputation.
Also, BJOG has the highest Immediacy Index in the category of obstetrics and gynaecology journals. The Immediacy Index, (another Journal Citation Reports® metric) indicates the current relevance of a journal based on citations that appear the same year an article was published.
We would like to thank the reviewers, our team of Editors, the Editorial Board and authors who have all contributed to this achievement.
January theme issue 2010
The gynaecological and reproductive health problems of puberty and adolescence The theme issue edited by Adam Balen, Pierre Martin-Hirsch and guest editor Sarah Creighton, is available online: click here for the table of contents.
Theme issue: Emerging technologies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
In January 2009 BJOG published a special theme issue of the Journal on Emerging technologies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Click here to read this issue for free.
The issue includes original research articles and systematic reviews on emerging technologies, state-of-the-art care and hypothesis articles relating to all aspects of pregnancy, gynaecology and reproductive medicine.
Case reports
BJOG no longer publishes case reports UNLESS they highlight important innovations with wide applicability, or previously unpublished complications of new techniques or medications.
New BJOG audio podcast on maternity audit in the developing world
Can audit reduce maternal mortality in the developing world? Hear from the experts: Professor James Drife, Dr Nynke van den Broek and Professor Robert Pattinson.
