We have just learnt that the New Zealand Veterinary Journal has topped the Immediacy Index rankings for veterinary science journals in the latest Journal Citation Reports. The Immediacy Index counts the number of times articles from a journal are cited in the year in which they are published and is usually seen as a measure of both the topical relevance of a journal and of the extent of its readership within the relevant scientific community. The immediacy index of 0.78 means that on average 78% of NZVJ articles are cited in the year of publication. The immediacy index for all journals in the veterinary science category is 0.16.
As well as having high immediacy NZVJ also has a long Cited Half-Life - half the articles cited in 2004 were more than ten years old - which suggests that over its lifetime it has published a considerable body of research of long-term relevance.
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