Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Overview

Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2011) Impact Factor: 3.155

ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking 2011: 6/55 (Multidisciplinary Sciences)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences is one of the oldest scientific journals in the United States and among the most cited of multidisciplinary scientific serials. Continuously published since 1823, Annals is the premier publication of the Academy, offering the proceedings of conferences sponsored by the NYAS as well as those of other scientific organizations. New ideas are frequently unveiled at conferences, and the proceedings literature, even when speculative, can provide both a window on the research activity of the moment and important insights into the future direction of research. With 30 volumes published annually by Wiley-Blackwell, Annals provides multidisciplinary perspectives on research of current scientific interest with far-reaching implications for the wider scientific community and society at large. Annals' scope, although primarily focused on biomedical areas, extends into fields as diverse as astronomy, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy. Each publication assembles the best thinking of key contributors for a comprehensive treatment of a field of investigation at a time when emerging developments offer the promise of new insight. These volumes stimulate new ways to think about science by providing a neutral forum for discourse -- within and across many institutions and fields. The Institute for Scientific Information ranks the Annals in the top 2% of sources cited in the scientific literature. Annals' impact and immediacy factors have increased steadily in the last seven years, as has its ranking within the category of multidisciplinary journals. Another measure of a journal's effectiveness is its 'shelf life' (or cited half-life, measured by citation rate over several years); Annals cited half-life is comparable to that of a primary source research journal.

Other important facts about Annals:

• Full text is available online through the Wiley online content platform and is accessible to active members of the Academy and subscribing libraries, and on a pay-per-view basis to all others. Tables of contents and abstracts may be viewed by all.

• All Annals volumes dating to 1823 have been digitized to provide an online archive available through institutions that have purchased access and to Academy members with Annals benefits who have logged in on the New York Academy of Sciences Web site.

Aims and Scope

Published on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, Annals provide multidisciplinary perspectives on research of current scientific interest with far-reaching implications for the wider scientific community and society at large. Scope, although concentrated on biological and medical sciences, extends into fields as diverse as astronomy, psychology, anthropology and philosophy. Each publication assembles the best thinking of key contributors to a field of investigation at a time when emerging developments offer the promise of new insight. These volumes stimulate new ways to think about science by providing a neutral forum for discourse—within and across many institutions and fields.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

• Abstracts in Anthropology (Baywood Publishing)
• Abstracts in Social Gerontology (EBSCO Publishing)
• Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI)
• Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing)
• Advanced Polymers Abstracts (ProQuest)
• AgBiotech News & Information (CABI)
• AgBiotechNet (CABI)
• AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library)
• Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (CABI)
• Agroforestry Abstracts (CABI)
• Animal Breeding Abstracts (CABI)
• ASFA: Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Biocontrol News & Information (CABI)
• Biofuels Abstracts (CABI)
• BIOSIS Previews (Thomson Reuters)
• Botanical Pesticides (CABI)
• CAB Abstracts® (CABI)
• CAB HEALTH (CABI)
• CABDirect (CABI)
• CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS)
• Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramic Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Chemistry Server Reaction Center (Thomson Reuters)
• Chemoreception Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Computer & Information Systems Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Criminal Justice Abstracts (Sage)
• Crop Physiology Abstracts (CABI)
• CSA Biological Sciences Database (ProQuest)
• CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
• CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (ProQuest)
• CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
• CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts (ProQuest)
• CSA Technology Research Database (ProQuest)
• Current Chemical Reactions (Thomson Reuters)
• Dairy Science Abstracts (CABI)
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Embase (Elsevier)
• Engineered Materials Abstracts (ProQuest)
• EORTC Database (European Organisation for Research & Treatment of Cancer)
• Forest Products Abstracts (CABI)
• Forestry Abstracts (CABI)
• GeoRef (AGI)
• Global Health (CABI)
• Grasslands & Forage Abstracts (CABI)
• HEED: Health Economic Evaluations Database (Wiley-Blackwell)
• Helminthological Abstracts (CABI)
• Horticultural Science Abstracts (CABI)
• IBIDS: International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (NIH)
• Immunology Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE (NLM)
• Index Veterinarius (CABI)
• INSPEC (IET)
• International Aerospace Abstracts & Database (ProQuest)
• Irrigation & Drainage Abstracts (CABI)
• Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
• Leisure Tourism Database (CABI)
• Leisure, Recreation & Tourism Abstracts (CABI)
• Maize Abstracts (CABI)
• Materials Business File (ProQuest)
• Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet/Current Mathematical Publications (AMS)
• METADEX (ProQuest)
• Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (ProQuest)
• MLA International Bibliography (MLA)
• Nematological Abstracts (CABI)
• Neurosciences Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI)
• Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds & Feeding (CABI)
• Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest)
• Ornamental Horticulture (CABI)
• Pig News & Information (CABI)
• Plant Breeding Abstracts (CABI)
• Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts (CABI)
• Postharvest News & Information (CABI)
• Poultry Abstracts (CABI)
• Protozoological Abstracts (CABI)
• Reaction Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
• RECAL Legacy Database (RECAL)
• Review of Agricultural Entomology (CABI)
• Review of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants (CABI)
• Review of Medical & Veterinary Entomology (CABI)
• Review of Medical & Veterinary Mycology (CABI)
• Review of Plant Pathology (CABI)
• Rice Abstracts (CABI)
• Rural Development Abstracts (CABI)
• Science Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
• Science Citation Index Expanded (Thomson Reuters)
• SCOPUS (Elsevier)
• Seed Abstracts (CABI)
• Soils & Fertilizer Abstracts (CABI)
• Soybean Abstracts Online (CABI)
• Sugar Industry Abstracts (CABI)
• Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI)
• Veterinary Bulletin (CABI)
• Viticulture & Enology Abstracts (Vitis)
• Weed Abstracts (CABI)
• Wheat, Barley & Triticale Abstracts (CABI)
• World Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology Abstracts (CABI)
• Zentralblatt MATH/Mathematics Abstracts (FIZ Karlsruhe)
• Zoological Record (Thomson Reuters)