{"id":217,"date":"2014-11-13T16:47:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T21:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2014-11-14T00:02:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T05:02:50","slug":"i-read-the-news-today-oh-boy-about-an-impact-factor-that-made-the-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"I read the news today oh boy, about an impact factor that made the grade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I got an email from Elsevier titled &#8220;Elsevier Publishes the Top 8 Electrochemistry Journals,&#8221; which proclaimed &#8220;including the top-ranked journal <em>Biosensors and Bioelectronics<\/em> which has an Impact Factor of 6.451!&#8221; And a helpful graphic, given below free of charge with no advertising fee to Elsevier:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/electrochem-if.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-218\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/electrochem-if-864x1024.png\" alt=\"electrochemistry impact factors\" width=\"584\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/electrochem-if-864x1024.png 864w, http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/electrochem-if-253x300.png 253w, http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/electrochem-if.png 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t read much into a journal&#8217;s purpose beyond its name. What does it mean that <em>Biosensors and Bioelectronics<\/em> is the &#8220;top-ranked&#8221; electrochemistry publication? I always thought it was for biosensors. (And bioelectronics.) Does this just mean the field of biosensors is taking off like a rocket? Or does it mean that the journal is &#8220;good,&#8221; transcending the areas of study stated in the name, making it an appropriate venue for any high-profile topic, such as discovery of gravitons or life on other planets? NEW PLAN: I&#8217;m sending everything I have to <em>Biosensors and Bioelectronics<\/em>, even my grocery list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I got an email from Elsevier titled &#8220;Elsevier Publishes the Top 8 Electrochemistry Journals,&#8221; which proclaimed &#8220;including the top-ranked journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics which has an Impact Factor of 6.451!&#8221; And a helpful graphic, given below free of charge &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/?p=217\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joshuagallaway.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}