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Journal Citation Reports
 
Journal Citation ReportsĀ®


The recognized authority for evaluating journals, Journal Citation Reports presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community.

In 2005, JCR Web, available via ISI Web of Knowledge, expanded its analytical capabilities beyond the journal level to include the subject category level. The additional data makes it easier for users to understand performance metrics in context and facilitate collection management decisions.

Related Journals enable users to see which journals share citations, and are therefore related. This analytical feature is available at both the journal level and the journal category level.

JCR Web includes powerful linking categories, including:
- Links from JCR journal records to ulrichsweb.com and recent Current Contents Connect tables of contents*
- Links to/from your library OPAC*
- Links from Web of Science to JCR Web*

*Depending upon your institution's subscription.

NEW!  Journal Use Reports, a new analytical tool used in conjunction with JCR, provides librarians and administrators with a better way to measure journal usage - with a complete picture of journal performance, use and research activity at their institution.



FEATURES

  • Covers more than 7,500 of the world's most highly cited, peer-reviewed journals in approximately 200 disciplines
  • Offers access to citation statistics from 1997 onward
  • Enables users to sort journal data by clearly defined fields: Impact Factor, Immediacy Index, Total Cites, Total Articles, Cited Half-Life, or Journal Title
  • Enables users to sort subject category data by clearly defined fields: Total Cites, Median Impact Factor, Aggregate Impact Factor, Aggregate Immediacy Index, Aggregated Cited Half-Life, Number of Journals in Category, Number of Articles in Category

JCR is available in two editions:

  • The Science Edition covers over 5,900 leading international science journals from the Thomson Scientific database
  • The Social Sciences Edition covers over 1,700 leading international social sciences journals from the Thomson Scientific database

INTENDED USERS

Enables a variety of information professionals to access and assess key journal data:
  • Librarians - can manage and maintain journal collections and budget for subscriptions
    Journal Use Reports, the new analytical tool used in conjunction with JCR, provides librarians and administrators with a better way to measure journal usage - with a complete picture of journal performance, use and research activity at their institution
  • Publishers - can monitor their competitors, identify new publishing opportunities, and make decisions regarding current publications
  • Editors - can assess the effectiveness of editorial policies and objectives and tracking the standing of their journals
  • Authors - can identify journals in which to publish, confirm the status of journals in which they have published, and identify journals relevant to their research
  • Information Analysts - can track bibliometric trends, study the sociology of scholarly and technical publications, and study citation patterns within and between disciplines

Formats & Delivery Options

  • Web - via JCR on the Web; published annually in the summer following the year of coverage
  • CD-ROM - via JCR on CD-ROM; published annually in the summer following the year of coverage; networking options available




associated products  
 
  Science Citation Index Expanded
Social Sciences Citation Index
Web of Science
ISI Web of Knowledge
 


APPLICATION SCENARIO

Managing a Journal Collection

Challenge: The Assistant Dean and Director of the Science & Engineering Library at Wayne State University needs to maintain the best journal collection possible within a set yearly budget.

Application: Journal Citation Reports provides a number of ways to analyze journal data to support selection or removal of journals within the Science & Engineering Library collection. The Impact Factor, a unique evaluation feature, reveals a journal's importance relative to others in its field.

And now the institution has the option of conducting more meaningful and sophisticated analyses, utilizing Journal Use Reports to better understand how journals are being used at the institution.




 

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