We recently received some great news on the Organic Applications team, which was that Food & Function, one of the RSC newest journals had been accepted for indexing in ISI’s Science Citation Index®. This means that, in addition to my usual activities of Blogging and Commissioning I have spent a lot of time preparing some promotional activities to let our readers and potential authors know this news.
Why is indexing in ISI so important? The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) which is part of Thomson Reuters produces a Journals Citation Report
® each year which gives an impact factor for every journal covered in the Science Citation Index
®. If a journal is not indexed here then it will not receive an Impact Factor which is an essential mark of quality. Being accepted for indexing is the first step in achieving this important recognition.
To promote this news I wrote a blog piece and a message highlighting this and all the great reasons why to publish in
Food & Function which we sent to all of our contacts. We also used this mass mailing to launch a blog competition which we are running to celebrate the official launch of
Food & Function, which will happen at the
Institute of Food Technology Annual Meeting and Food Expo in June. The competition poses the question
‘Do any longevity foods exist and what are they?’ the best reply will win a kindle! Working on this competition and the launch event has given me the opportunity to work with colleagues in Marketing who are responsible for promoting all the journals.
Joining RSC Publishing has given me a huge amount of experience in 7 short months; it has also provided a great career progression opportunity. I recently applied for and was selected for the job of Deputy Editor on the Organic Applications team.
Anna Simpson is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Publishing Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email
