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Analysis of the Impact of Papers Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry over the Past 30 Years: An Overview and Coming Attractions
Citation:
Ankley, G. AND J. Gorsuch. Analysis of the Impact of Papers Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry over the Past 30 Years: An Overview and Coming Attractions. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, 32(1):1-6, (2013).
Impact/Purpose:
Editorial in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ET&C) about the SETAC Publications Advisory Committee (PAC), which is involved in number of activities related to SETAC publications, including books, the Globe (society newsletter) and the two society-sponsored journals, ET&C and Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM). One of the PAC tasks is to help highlight visibility of the journals, for example, through assessing impacts of their content on science and regulation in the field of environmental sciences. Documenting impact in an unambiguous manner can be a challenging and somewhat elusive endeavor. To help address the challenge of assessing the long-term impact of ET&C publications, the PAC recently undertook a citation analysis of all papers published in the journal since its inception in 1982. Over the coming calendar year, ET&C will publish as editorial content a series of essays derived from the “Top 100” papers from this analysis. These essays will be comprised of (a) a description of the science/regulatory challenge the research/analysis sought to address, (b) how the research/paper(s) met this challenge, (c) an accounting of the practical impacts of the paper(s) on science and regulatory activities, and (d) identification of remaining uncertainties/future directions for the line of research described in the cited papers. In addition to publication in ET&C, the essays will be archived and readily available electronically at the SETAC Homepage (wwwsetac.org) and the Wiley ET&C website. The PAC feels that development and publication of the various essays derived from the Top 100 list will highlight impacts of past ET&C publications, and provide an important and unique historical resource accounting high-impact environmental science conducted, in many instances, by SETAC members.
Description:
Editorial in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (ET&C) about the SETAC Publications Advisory Committee (PAC), which is involved in number of activities related to SETAC publications, including books, the Globe (society newsletter) and the two society-sponsored journals, ET&C and Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM). One of the PAC tasks is to help highlight visibility of the journals, for example, through assessing impacts of their content on science and regulation in the field of environmental sciences. Documenting impact in an unambiguous manner can be a challenging and somewhat elusive endeavor. To help address the challenge of assessing the long-term impact of ET&C publications, the PAC recently undertook a citation analysis of all papers published in the journal since its inception in 1982. Over the coming calendar year, ET&C will publish as editorial content a series of essays derived from the “Top 100” papers from this analysis. These essays will be comprised of (a) a description of the science/regulatory challenge the research/analysis sought to address, (b) how the research/paper(s) met this challenge, (c) an accounting of the practical impacts of the paper(s) on science and regulatory activities, and (d) identification of remaining uncertainties/future directions for the line of research described in the cited papers. In addition to publication in ET&C, the essays will be archived and readily available electronically at the SETAC Homepage (wwwsetac.org) and the Wiley ET&C website. The PAC feels that development and publication of the various essays derived from the Top 100 list will highlight impacts of past ET&C publications, and provide an important and unique historical resource accounting high-impact environmental science conducted, in many instances, by SETAC members.
