The lightblue columns indicate citations used to calculate the. Journal rankings within subject categories from journal citation reports, scientific citation index 1995, 1996, 1997. The aggregate cited category graph shows the distribution by cited year of citations to articles published in journals in the category in the jcr edition year. It contains reports on citation performance for science and social science journals and the relationships between citing and cited journals. Thomson reuters unveils 2016 ranking of most influential.
Finding impact factors via journal citation reports. Journal citation reports provides a systematic, objective means to evaluate the worlds leading research journals. Journal citation reports evaluation based on scientific. Journal citation reports jcr is an annual publication by clarivate analytics previously the intellectual property of thomson reuters. It has been integrated with the web of science and is accessed from the web of sciencecore collections. Journals must undergo a rigorous evaluation by our editorial team in order to be covered in web of science core collection. Tutorial about jcr and impact factor immediacy index. Other option search by categorymain screen home click categories by rank. Journal citation reports impact factors and rankings.
Thomson reuters unveils 2016 ranking of most influential scientific journals more than 11,000 journals in 81 counties receive their journal impact factor. This release of journal citation reports includes the following. Clarivate analytics owns the impact factor values, and no other party is allowed to publish them at least carrying the same title. Journal citation reports jcr 2011 science edition 1. Impact factors journal citation reports publishing. Journal citation reports is the recognised authority for evaluating journals using citation data drawn from over 8,000 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. The journal citation reports, first published in 1975, is an annual compendium of citation data that provides a systematic and objective means to assess influence and impact at the journal and category levels. Select an option to search for a specific journal, or to view a group of journals. If you are talking about journal citation report jcr of thomson reuters, in general, it is.
Jcr is a unique database which is used to determine the relative importance of journals within their subject categories. Journal impact factors are found in journal citation reports jcr. To use journal citation reports, follow the steps below. It is published annually approximately in june in 2 editions that are. Information is excerpted from the business finance and the economics lists of journals. To learn more about any of the data in journal citation reports, use the i icon. Once you have accessed the database, you will have options to select the science or social science database. Journal citation reports journal of financial economics. The whitegrey division indicates the cited halflife. Journal citation reports science edition impact factors journal search. Journal citation reports 2017 2016 data clarivate analytics has released the 2017 edition of journal citation reports jcr, which provides a combination of impact and influence metrics for over 11,000 journals from 2016 data. If x is the total number of articles published in 2015 and 2016, and y is the number of times these articles were cited in indexed journals.
The 2017 edition of journal citation reports jcr is now available. Journal citation reports 2017 2017 release based on 2016 data highest journal impact factor percentile score this year quarterly journal of economics 99. These alternative measure of journal importance in a. You can use the impact factor of a journal as an indicator of how important that journal is to people in a scholarly community. A product of isi web of knowledge, this database provide impact factors and rankings of many journals in the social and life sciences. Access access restricted to institutional subscribers. Learn the basics journal citation reports libguides at.
Incitestm journal citation reports quick reference. Researcherfaculty journal citation reports libguides. Journal citation reports 2015 zanjan university of. To search for a specific journal, you may search by full or abbreviated journal title, title word, or issn. We, as many other journal editors, have been looking at the recent release of the 2014 journal citation reports by thompsonreuters. Using jcr journal citation reports and alternatives. An impact factor is one measure of the quality of a journal. Open access journals impact factor scientific journals. Incitestm journal citation reports quick reference guide your user account for accessing saved journal lists and reports search for a journal by name, issn, or jcr abbreviation choose one or more categories for analysis filter by edition or open access status. Journal citation reports jcr provides access to the following metrics. Thomson reuters classification for journals full titles for 2015. The 2017 data will be made available in the 2018 journal citation reports release. Impact factor tutorial university libraries, george.
Journal citation reports is sourced from web of science core collection, the premier citation index on the web of science platform. Sci journal citation reports journal citation reports jcr voldate range 19771988. It offers a unique perspective for journal evaluation and comparison by accumulating and tabulating citation and article counts from virtually all specialties in the sciences, social sciences, and technology fields. Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using. The 2017 journal citation reports jcr from clarivate analytics for ieee top journals has been released. Journal citation reports jcr jcr contains impact factor values and other indicators of all journals included in the web of science database.
It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science. This analysis is based on citation data, impact and influence metrics, and millions of cited and citing journal data points from the web of science database. Journal citation reports is the only journal report of its kind that is both complete and editorially selective. Note a bibliometric analysis of science journals in the isi data base, 1977. Journal citation reports using isi web of knowledge journal performance metrics offer a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the worlds leading journals linda galloway syracuse university library march2010.
Journal citation reports is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. According to isis journal citation reports, the academy of management journal had a 1year impact factor of 5. Incites journal citation reports, science and social science editions journal citation reports journal citation reports on the web jcr web frequency annual voldate range 1999 note title from title screen viewed oct. Journal citation reports 2015 rank full journal title issn total cites journal impact factor 5. Year impact factor eigenfactor score 1 caa cancer journal for clinicians 00079235 20,488 1. This release of journal citation reports provides 2015 data. Drawing upon citation data from more than 7,500 journals in over 60 countries, journal citation reports jcr provides access to data that can be used to evaluate and compare scholarly journals in the. Journal citation reports allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from approximately 12,000 scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings from approximately 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. Sci journal citation reports in searchworks catalog.
Journal citation reports data is extracted from web of science content. Journal citation reports 2017 2016 data researcher. Journal citation reports science edition impact factors submitted by anonymous. Islamic world science citation centers journal citation reports jcr. To help you compare journals and discover which are the most significant to you, journal citation reports can show.
Description of the jcr journal population based on the number of citations received, number of source items, impact factor, immediacy index and cited halflife. Journal citation reports jcr includes citation data. Journal citation reports indiana university libraries. Journal citation reports jcr is a tool that keeps track of the numbers of citations to articles published in toptier scholarly journals in the hard and social sciences. Journal citation reports journal citation reports jcr is a database for finding journal impact, especially impact factor, and relationship between citing and cited journals in web of science database. Journal citation reports science edition impact factors. Keep in mind that the most recent scores will be from the previous year. Logon to journal citation reports science and social science edition. Select either the science or social sciences edition and the year. If you have problems logging on to this database, log in using institutional login as shown in our short online tutorial you can also find written instructions for using the institutional login on the offcampus help page. Journal citation reports geography trinity college dublin. If you are interested in the worlds leading journals, i have attached the list for.
You are here freeman library journal citation reports. This information comes from the most recent 19942018 editions of the journal citation reports, published by the institute for scientific information. It is the only journal evaluation resource that provides statistical information based on citation data. Journal citation reports science and social science.