POF is in the top 3 in both Mechanics and Fluids & Plasma Physics

According to journal metrics just released by Thomson Reuters, Physics of Fluids has achieved top-three status in two categories. POF is the second most highly cited journal in Mechanics and the third most highly cited in Fluids & Plasma Physics (Thomson Reuters, 2008).

Total Citations
In 2008, Thomson Reuters recorded 17,527 citations of articles published in Physics of Fluids, making it the second most highly cited of the 112 journals tracked in Mechanics and the third most highly cited journal in Fluids & Plasma Physics.

Impact Factor
The Impact Factor for Physics of Fluids is 1.738 in 2008.

Immediacy Index
POF’s Immediacy Index grew to 0.241 in 2008. This represents a one-year increase of 11.1%.

Cited Half-Life
Another impressive metric is POF’s Cited Half-Life, which consistently tracks at greater than 10 years and says much about the long-term value and relevancy of research published in the journal.

The American Institute of Physics—the not-for-profit publisher of POF—is indebted to the author and reviewer community for support of this world-renowned journal. Your contributions—coupled with the dedication of our esteemed group of forward-looking editors—keep POF at the top of the field year after year!