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Impact Factors for journals published by Nature Publishing Group

The table lists the 2011 Impact Factor and category ranks for journals published by NPG. Data is taken from the 2011 Journal Citation Report, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2012).
A number of journals are listed in more than one category in the Journal Citation Report. In these cases, the category in which the journal has highest rank is listed.

Journal	Impact Factor	RANK (by Impact Factor)	CATEGORY
Nature	36.280	1/55	Multidisciplinary Sciences
Scientific American	2.369	9/55	Multidisciplinary Sciences
Scientific Reports	Due 2013

Ministry blames BT cotton for farmer suicides

india’s Bt cotton dream is going terribly wrong. For the first time, farmer suicides, including those in 2011-12, have been linked to the declining performance of the much hyped genetically modified (GM) variety adopted by 90% of the country’s cotton-growers since being allowed a decade ago.

Policymakers have hailed Bt cotton as a success story but a January 9 internal advisory, a copy of which is with HT, sent out to cotton-growing states by the agriculture ministry presents a grim scenario.
“Cotton farmers are in a deep crisis since shifting to Bt cotton. The spate of farmer suicides in 2011-12 has been particularly severe among Bt cotton farmers,” says the advisory.
Bt cotton’s success, it appears, lasted merely five years. Since then, yields have been falling and pest attacks going up. India’s only GM crop has been genetically altered to destroy cotton-eating pests.