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npj Microgravity: journal update

We are happy to announce new journal metrics for npj Microgravity!

Published Jun 26, 2018

Marie-Elizabeth Barabas

Managing Editor, Springer Nature

Liked by Heather Dunphy

We are happy to announce the 2017 journal metrics for npj Microgravity:

2-year Impact Factor: 2

Immediacy index: 0.667 (the average number of times an article is cited in the year it is published which indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited)

Eigenfactor score: 0.00035 (the average ranking of citations, with citations from highly ranked journals weighted to make a larger contribution than those from poorly ranked journals)

Article Influence Score: 0.675 (the average influence of a journal's articles over the first five years after publication, calculated by multiplying the Eigenfactor Score by 0.01 and dividing by the number of articles in the journal)

npj Microgravity is indexed in Scopus, PubMed Central, PubMed, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

For a summary of the metrics for other Nature journals, please visit the journal metrics page.

Marie-Elizabeth Barabas

Managing Editor, Springer Nature

I'm an interdisciplinary neuroscientist with a research background in peripheral sensory/pain research, retinal development, and stem cell research. As the Managing Editor of npj Microgravity, my role is to assist the editorial process, implement editorial policies, and promote the journal, its articles, and the community. I also attend conferences and meetings to develop a relationship with our readers, authors, and editors. If you see me at a conference, feel free to introduce yourself.