EDP Sciences, publishing partner of the scientific communities, has great pleasure to announce with great pleasure the publication of the 2007 impact factor, released on June 18, 2008 by the Journal Citation Reports, ISI Web of Knowledge. The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of the citations to science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the importance of a journal to its field.


19 of EDP Sciences’ journals are already classified and 2 others ("Fruits" and "Mécaniques and Industries") have just been accepted by the JCR.


We would particularly like to congratulate the journal "Veterinary Research" which, with an impact factor of 4.125, is classified n°1 (out of 133 journals) in its category (Veterinary Sciences).


We would also like to congratulate:

• Astronomy & Astrophysics -> with an impact factor of 4.259, ranked 10/48 in the Astronomy & Astrophysics category.


• Genetics Selection Evolution -> with an impact factor of 1.735, ranked 6/47 in the "Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Sciences" category.


• Annals of Forest Science -> with an impact factor of 1.591, ranked 5/39 in the "Forestry" category.


• Annales de Physique -> with an impact factor of 1.444, ranked 24/69 in the "Multidisciplinary Physics" category.


• ESAIM: COCV -> with an impact factor of 1.076, ranked 37/165 in the ISI Applied Mathematics Category


• Agronomy for Sustainable Development -> with an impact factor of 1.000, ranked 25/49 in the "Agronomy" category.

To find the impact factors of all our journals please connect directly to their websites.



EDP Sciences warmly congratulates all the authors, peer-reviewers and editors concerned in this success.