Significant raise of the Impact Factor for The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 2010.

We are pleased to announce that the current Impact Factor for The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care is now at 1.616. 

All health indicators concerning the Journal are excellent:

• The number of submitted manuscripts steadily increased from 2004 to 2009, when it became stable on the level which is 278% higher in comparison to 2004.
• The rejection rate steadily increased since 2005 to 2008, when it became stable (~60%), which indicates a severity in the selection of the papers.
• The time interval from submission of the MS to (first) decision has decreased from 90.9 days in 2006 to 23 days in 2010.
• We receive many more papers from countries of high medical standing (e.g., Scandinavian countries).
• The impact factor (IF), in spite of a dip in 2008 (-4.6% vs. 2007), is better than it ever was before: the latest IF had risen by 66.1% (from 0.973 to 1.616).
• Manuscript Central has greatly facilitated the processing of manuscripts.
• In 2009, the number of issues has increased from 4 to 6 and the number of pages from 400 to 480.