The “Impact” of the “International Journal of Wildland Fire
(originally posted in 2007)
The International Journal of Wildland Fire (IJWF), the official scientific publication of the International Association of Wildland Fire, continues to improve its “Impact Factor”. The Impact Factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The calcuation for the last three years shows that the Impact Factor for the IJWF is now 1.81, which makes it fourth-ranked in a pool of 36 Forestry journals.
The IJWF has the highest Immediacy Index, which is the average number of times that an article published in a specific year is cited over the course of that same year. The success of the Journal is leading to the number of annual issues increasing from four to six in 2007. This is the result of excellent papers being submitted, as well as the great work by Editor in Chief Dr. Mike Flannigan, the associate editors, and the Editorial Advisory Committee chaired by Domingos Xavier Viegas.
