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The ongoing proliferation of nano journals

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In 2010 we reported that the number of nanotechnology journals had been growing steadily since the late 1990s1. We have now updated our previous survey and we find that this growth is continuing: for example, we counted a total of 161 'current' (that is, known to have published issues in 2010–2011) nano journals as of 4 March 2012, compared with 142 as of 30 October 2010, and just 15 in 1997 (Supplementary Table S1). The 'Nanoscience & Nanotechnology' subject category of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) published by Thomson Reuters has also grown from 59 journal titles in 2009 to 64 in 2010. Moreover, the Web of Science, also published by Thomson Reuters, has increased the number of nanotechnology journals it covers. These new journals include the Journal of Nanobiotechnology and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters.

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Figure 1: Comparing measures of impact.
Figure 2: The growing impact of nano journals.

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The authors thank Wenzhou City (No. 20082780125) and the Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province (No. 2008C03009) for partial financial support for this project.

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