Journal impact factor

just a friendly question to all of you....

what is your opinion on the journal impact factor...

i personally think is very superficial and skin deep beauty. but i want to know your opinion.

thanks 

I'm pleased to announce that the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (JMBBM) has received its first impact factor. For 2009 the impact factor is 3.176*, ranking JMMBM 4th in category Materials Science, Biomaterials and 8th in Engineering, Biomedical.

Congratulations to the editorial team - a great result reflecting all their contributions since the Journal's inception in 2007 - and sincere thanks to the authors and reviewers who supported the Journal in its first three years!

* Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters 2010