The Journal of the American Ceramic Society is among the top sources for ceramic materials science research, providing scientists, engineers, and students with critically assessed, original research for nearly 100 years. Ranked first in total citations and third in impact factor among all journals in the materials science-ceramics category, the journal publishes 12 issues per year filled with top quality research that spans the diverse segments of ceramic science. Topics cover a broad range including: Glass science, crystal chemistry, microscopy and microstructure, bioceramic science, powder processing and colloidal science.

The Journal of the American Ceramic Society is published by Blackwell Publishing Inc. on behalf of The American Ceramic Society. It includes approximately 4,100 editorial pages per year. Full text content from 1918 to the present is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/jace.

As a benefit of membership, ACerS members receive free online access to the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Full-text content is accessible by signing into the Members Only area.

Articles are available in downloadable PDF, which appears similar to the printed pages, and HTML, an easy-to-read, searchable display with links to graphics and references.

Subscribers should go to www.blackwellpublishing.com/jace to access the journal. Nonsubscribers are able to view and search the tables of contents and abstracts at www.blackwellpublishing.com/jace. Full-text articles are available online for a fee.

There has been a lot of attention on impact factors for journals, but ISI also publishes total citations and half lives. In 2005, the Journal of the American Ceramic Society had 22,639 total citations in the ISI database. On the basis of total citations, the Journal ranks first in the entire field of ceramics science.

ISI’s “half-life” category considers how many years it takes for the total citations to drop to 50 percent. On this basis, the Journal’s half-life is listed as greater than 10 years, which is the maximum value.

The message is clear that if authors wish their work to leave a permanent record, the Journal of the American Ceramic Society is the place to publish.