Thompson Reuters Issues First Impact Factor to PCD

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) has just received its first Thomson Reuters impact factor— a rating issued to journals measuring the average frequency with which articles are cited in a year or period. With its impact factor of 1.819, PCD is one of the highest debuting public health journals in 2012. PCD has a circulation of more than 46,000 and growing, owing to content available via the PCD website, RSS feeds, and the CDC iPad application.

PCD recognizes that such an important milestone could not have been achieved without the commitment and support of its peer reviewers, contributors, and readers. PCD continues to expand its outreach, and the journal is now indexed in PubMed, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Current Contents. Full-text content is available in PubMed Central, EBSCOhost, CrossRef, and LinkOut. PCD’s articles continue to report on the latest developments in preventing and controlling chronic diseases and conditions, promoting health, and examining the biological, behavioral, physical, and social determinants of health and their effect on quality of life, illness, and death across the life span.

Please continue to visit PCD at www.cdc.gov/pcd for weekly articles, as well as podcasts and announcements.

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The PCD Staff

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What's New in PCD / Volume 9

Creating a Community Coalition to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Yakima County, Washington: Rev It Up! 2008

Estimating Benefits of Past, Current, and Future Reductions in Smoking Rates Using a Comprehensive Model With Competing Causes of Death

Observations of Drinking Water Access in School Food Service Areas Before Implementation of Federal and State School Water Policy, California, 2011

CME Activity

Comparison of Examination-Based and Self-Reported Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease, Washington State, 2006–2007

PCD Seeking Papers from Health Departments

Preventing Chronic Disease Journal (PCD) is seeking article submissions from state, tribal, local and territorial health department practitioners who are on the front lines working to improve the health of the public. PCD is committed to providing a forum for the open exchange of information and knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others who strive to improve the health of the public through chronic disease prevention.

Publishing the work done by state, tribal, local and territorial health departments is... read more ››