The only official IF list what we use is Journal Citation Reports.
http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/JCR?PointOfEntry=Home&SID=Q1ftbjL83H7yreF3T65
That is the problem, that the journal name and ISSN number is changed, according the rules the IF is not continuous. The new IF is zero for Biomed Res International, which would be split with the last IF of the previous journal in 2015 and got it’s own IF just in 2016 not before. We can play with this how to calculate IF, but I think it is not correct to put the IF until is not given by JCR/TR; I think is more correct to say that Biomed Res Int has no IF yet, but it will have in 2015 (will be published 2016 in JCR). New ISSN means in many country a new journal whit a totally new life history starting to get IF from the zero point.
Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
ISSN: 1110-7243
Biomed Research International
ISSN: 2314-6133
http://wokinfo.com/essays/impact-factor/
A user’s knowledge of the content and history of the journal studied is very important for appropriate interpretation of impact factors. Situations such as those mentioned above and others such as title change are very important, and often misunderstood, considerations.
A title change affects the impact factor for two years after the change is made. The old and new titles are not unified unless the titles are in the same position alphabetically. In the first year after the title change, the impact is not available for the new title unless the data for old and new can be unified. In the second year, the impact factor is split. The new title may rank lower than expected and the old title may rank higher than expected because only one year of source data is included in its calculation (see Figure 4). Title changes for the current year and the previous year are listed in the JCR® guide
I have no problem with OA I think published papers must reach as many people they can, but publications with their IF are important in the scientific carrier as well.
When the system and the librarian not accept the publications IF because they use very strictly the Thomson Reuters rules its a wasted work.
“This is stealing money from authors.” Ok I have to apologize for this sentence, it’s too hard and not diplomatic. But say the truth I got many problems with this Hindawi”s journals, due this IF problems..
I had no problems with stable Elsevier or other journals even they changed their name or not.
However I wish Hidawi a good process and development not to get this problems in the future.
