Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology continues to do well, with an increase in impact factor, full text downloads, and submissions.
The 2014 Impact Factor is 0.688, an increase from 0.581. The five-year Impact Factor is slightly higher at 0.813, an increase from 0.588. Since the journal’s inclusion into the Web of Science™, citations to Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology have remained steady.
The top downloaded article in 2014 was “A Review of Fish Lipid: Composition and Changes During Cooking Methods” by Y. Moradi, J. Bakar, A. A. Motalebi, S. H. Syed Muhamad and Y. Che Man from Volume 20(4), 2011. The article was downloaded 580 times via Taylor & Francis Online, and was also the top downloaded article in 2013. Congratulations to the authors!
There were over 300 submissions received through ScholarOne™ Manuscripts in 2014; 70 percent were original (new) and 30 percent were revised manuscripts. Out of the original manuscripts, 96 percent were articles, 2 percent were research notes, and 2 percent were review articles. The first decisions made by the editors reflect efforts to accept only the best manuscripts for publication in the journal; currently the decline rate for first submission of original manuscripts is 66 percent. The overall acceptance rate for original manuscripts after full review is 25 percent; only one in four original manuscripts submitted is accepted for publication.
The journal is continuing to grow. With an increase in content in 2016 along with the journal’s low acceptance rate, the goal is to reduce the time from acceptance to publication to less than one year.
As always, the Co-Editors and Technical Editor wish to thank members of the Board of Editors and Book Review Editor for their time and effort over the past year to make the journal a success. We also wish to thank the Managing Editor, Michael Amato, at Taylor & Francis Journals and the production and marketing programs that support the journal. Without them, none of the manuscripts would be published.
The journal is poised yet again for growth with Volume 25, 2016, and a number of changes are expected on the Board of Editors with the departure of a few and welcoming of other editors. Change is good, but the pace of change will be increasing as we move the journal forward in the future. Stay alert for more news!
David P. Green
Co-Editor-in-Chief
David P. Green
Co-Editor-in-Chief