A profile of the impact of Acta Botanica Brasilica: reflections on how to improve visibility and recognition of a scientific journal

We have estimated the ISI-impact factor of Acta Botanica Brasilica for the past six years, calculated the journal's h-index, calculated the journal's self-citation, examined country and institutions of origin of the papers that cite Acta papers, and examined scope and profile of the most-cited papers published by the journal. Results demonstrated a steep rise in impact factor and citation frequency in 2008, which is most encouraging, but also revealed that the journal is below the level of maturity expected of a 20-year old journal. Visibility of the journal is mostly national although, surprisingly, journal's self-citation of 12% is fairly low. We use Acta as an example to discuss possible strategies to enhance the international visibility of botanical journals that are newcomers to ISI.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Scarano,Fabio Rubio, De Toni,Karen, Amarante,Cristiana Vasconcellos Goulart
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2009
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062009000200032
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