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The effect of a two-stage publication process on the Journal Impact Factor: a case study on the interactive open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Taking the interactive open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics as an example, this study examines whether Thomson Reuters, for the Journal Citation Reports, correctly calculates the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of a journal that publishes several versions of a manuscript within a two-stage publication process. The results of this study show that the JIF of the journal is not overestimated through the two-stage publication process.

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The research project is investigating quality assurance of interactive open access journals and is supported by a grant from the Max Planck Society (Munich, Germany). We thank Marie E. McVeigh, Senior Manager JCR and Bibliographic Policy at Thomson Reuters, for her comments on a previous version of our paper.

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  1. ETH Zurich, Zähringerstr. 24, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Lutz Bornmann, Christoph Neuhaus & Hans-Dieter Daniel

  2. University of Zurich, Evaluation Office, Zurich, Switzerland

    Hans-Dieter Daniel

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Bornmann, L., Neuhaus, C. & Daniel, HD. The effect of a two-stage publication process on the Journal Impact Factor: a case study on the interactive open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics . Scientometrics 86, 93–97 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0250-4

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