ARLINGTON, Va., July 8, 2004 -- For the second year in a row, the Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering was the most cited of the 42 top biomedical engineering journals, according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

ISI reported that the Annual Review led the top 10, followed in order by Medical Imaging Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Biomaterials, Journal of Biomedical Material Research, Physics in Medicine and Biology, Journal of Biomechanics, Clinical Oral Implants Research, Journal Biomedical Engineering - Transactions of the ASME, and Annals of Biomedical Engineering.

ISI calculates an "impact factor" as a ratio of citations to recently published articles. The Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering received an impact factor of 7.875, up from its first-place rating of 3.537 in 2002. This year, second-place Medical Imaging Analysis scored 4.442.

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering began in 1999 with support from a Whitaker Foundation grant to help with the journal's start-up costs, advertising and promotion. ISI is an information resource service for researchers, information specialists and administrators. Its impact factors are published in its subscription-only Journal Citation Reports.

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