Medical Mycology Case Reports (MMCR) – an official journal the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology – was awarded its first ever Impact Factor this year.
An Impact Factor provides a quantitative measurement of a journal in relation to other journals in the field. The Journal Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations of publications in a journal in the Web of Science® records in a certain year by the number of citable publications published in the journal in the two preceding years.
MMCR, published in partnership with Elsevier, received an Impact Factor of 2.2 and has been included in the Medicine, Research and Experimental category, in Web of Science’s Core Collection.
As well as being Open Access – with all articles published being immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute – MMCR is an online-only journal devoted to the publication of case reports or case series that concern medical or veterinary diseases caused by fungi. The journal aims to provide a valuable collection of fungal cases with clinically important information to healthcare professionals, researchers, and others, and is specifically interested in cases that have educational value.
Adilia Warris, Editor-in-Chief of MMCR, said:
“This is a major achievement since the inception of MMCR, and is an acknowledgement to all of those who have contributed to the success of MMCR. I want to thank specifically the authors for sharing their clinical experiences, the reviewers, the past and present members of the editorial board, and to Oliver Kurzai (past Editor-in-Chief) and Neil Gow (past ISHAM president) who made ‘The Case for Case Reports’ resulting in the launch of MMCR in 2012.
Further information about the journal, its metrics and the link to its editorial submission system can be found here. Authors can find more information online about the submissions requirements in the Guide for Authors. An overview of the full Editorial Team can also be found on our Editorial Board page.