Citations of articles published in J. Electrochem. Soc. in the patent literature are a measure of journal impact and quality. While there are limitations within the peer review process set by prevailing scientific paradigms, ECS and its publications herald novelty and innovation as evidenced by the preponderance of J. Electrochem. Soc. articles found in the network of patent literature citations. Beyond the current factors and half-life metrics that assess the impact of ECS journals, patent citations offer a valuable metric to assess journal impact and quality. © The Electrochemical Society. DOI: 10.1149.2/2.F02212IF.
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Fig. 2. The 5,029 citations to JES over 9.12 years, broken down by industry sector.
database for all content domains, five percent of the citations are to J. Electrochem. Soc.; see Fig. 1. Furthermore, J. Electrochem. Soc. is cited more than all the other journals in the Materials Science and Electrochemistry categories combined. J. Electrochem. Soc. is by far the most-cited journal in materials science and electrochemistry in the patent literature. Only ChemComm and Langmuir were cited more often than J. Electrochem. Soc. across all fields. The frequency with which research published in J. Electrochem. Soc. is cited in patent literature, coupled with its long-cited halflife metric, supports the assertion that the Journal’s content has both a high degree of utility and a longer period of relevance than similar titles. Another analysis breaks down the total citations to JES by industry sector. Fig. 2 illustrates the proportion of each industry sector in the total citations. For comparison, USPTO lists 6,587 battery (class 136) patents published during the nine years, of which J. Electrochem. Soc. was cited in 1,056 U.S. patents and applications.
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