The 2021 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) were published on June 28. The most recent impact factors were obtained by 47 of Frontiers’ own journals. According to Dimensions data, Frontiers maintained its world-leading position in terms of citations per article. three. At the same time, Frontiers has risen to become the world’s sixth largest publishing house.
The first impact factor was won by Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, with Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems having an impact factor of 5, and the other two journals having an impact factor of more than 4 points.
Nearly 80% of journal impact factors have increased to varying degrees. Frontiers in Public Health is up 74% and the latest Impact Factor is 6,461; Frontiers in Psychology is up 42% to 4.232.
The journals in the Frontiers neuroscience series continue to assert their superiority in this area, ranking first in the number of citations in the field of neuroscience; Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Psychology, and other journals have continued to grow and are cited in their respective fields. Number one.
In 2021 alone, Frontiers in Immunology and Frontiers in Microbiology will be cited more than 120,000 times. Citations for Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Medicine and other journals doubled month over month.
The latest data on the impact factor and citation score of all Frontiers-owned journals are available here