Pharmacognosy Magazine's new and improved Impact Factor - 1.525.

Thank you for your continuous support for the Pharmacognosy Magazine. As a valued reader, we would like to share important news with you. The 2012 Journal Citation Reports® from Thomson Reuters is now released and we are delighted to announce that the Pharmacognosy Magazine has its new Impact Factor.

We are pleased to announce that our Impact Factor has increased to 1.525, retaining our position as one of the top pharmaceutical journals in India (2012 Journal Citation Reports®, ©Thomson Reuters, 2013).[1]

Few of the achievements this year

Country-based ranking (India) based on Impact Factor – 6.

Subject-based ranking (Medicinal Chemistry) based on Impact Factor – 44.

Immediacy Index – 0.135.

Impact Factor increased from 1.159[2](2011 Journal Citation Reports®, ©Thomson Reuters, 2012) to 1.525 (2012 Journal Citation Reports®, ©Thomson Reuters, 2013).

Some of the top cited articles in past 2 years

Total phenolic distribution of juice, peel, and seed extracts of four pomegranate cultivars.[3]

Total polyphenolic (flavonoids) content and antioxidant capacity of different Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. Extracts.[4]

Studies on the active components and antioxidant activities of the extracts of Mimosa pudica Linn. from southern China.[5]

Title: Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils from three ecotypes of Zataria multiflora.[6]

Effects of Hypericum perforatum extract on rat irritable bowel syndrome.[7]

Isolation and identification of phenolic compounds from Gynura divaricata leaves.[8]

A HPLC-DAD method for the simultaneous determination of five marker components in the traditional herbal medicine Bangpungtongsung-san.[9]

Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities of the whole leaf extract of Aloe ferox Mill.[10]

Screening and analysis of the multiple absorbed bioactive components and metabolites of Baihe Zhimu Tang by the metabolic fingerprinting technique and liquid chromatography/diode array detection-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry.[11]

Determination of some phenolic compounds in Crocus sativus L. corms and its antioxidant activities study.[12]

We are extremely thankful to the authors, reviewers, readers, and Publisher (Medknow – Wolters Kluwer) for their support.