The Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process for Web of Science

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The Book Citation Indexin

Web of Science

James TestaVP Editorial Development & Publisher Relations

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Web of Science•SCIE - 1898-present•SSCI- 1956-present•AHCI-1975-present•CPCI-1990-present•BkCI-2005-present

Current Contents

1998-present

DerwentInnovations Index

1963-present

BIOSISCitation Index1926-present

Web of Knowledge

CABI1910-present

Chinese Science Citation Database

1989-present

FSTA1969-present

INSPEC1898-present

MEDLINE1950-present

Journal CitationReports

1997-present

Zoological Record

1864-present

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Knowledge SM)

is a research platform, that

helps you find, analyze, and

share information in the

sciences,

social sciences,

arts, and

Humanities...

…providing integrated

access to high quality

literature through a unified

platform that links a wide

variety of content and

search terms together,

creating one

common

vocabulary,

and one

seamless

search.

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Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process for Web of Science:

Four Points of Evaluation

Journal Publishing Standards

Editorial Content

International

Diversity: Authors, EAB

Citation Analysis

•Timeliness of

publication

•International

Editorial

Conventions

•English language

Bibliographic

Information

•Peer Review

•Will this journal

enrich WoS with

novel content?

•Is this subject

already well

covered?

•How does this

journal compare

with covered

journals of similar

scope?

•Is international

representation

among Authors

and EAB

members at an

appropriate level

for this journal?

•Does this journal

target an

International or

Regional

audience?

New journals:

•Citations to

authors’ , editors’

prior work.

Established Journals:

•Impact Factor

•Citation metrics

have meaning

only in the

editorial context

appropriate for

the journal.

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What Does Impact Factor Represent?

Impact Factor represents the average number of times recent articles in a specific journal were

cited in a particular year.

What Does it Measure?

Impact Factor measures the citation performance of the journal as a whole and not of any specific

article or author published in the journal.

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2010 Journal Citation Reports

Human Ecology*

Impact Factor: 1.923

5-Year Impact Factor: 2.249

*Springer (New York); Bi-monthly; first published in1972

Calculation of Journal Impact Factor

5-Year Journal Impact Factor in

2010 Journal Citation Reports

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Human Ecology

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Impact Factor vs. 5-Year Impact Factor in Science & Social SciencesTop Ten Science Journals

Top Ten Social Science Journals

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Category Level Metrics – Ranked by Aggregate Impact Factor

Science Categories

Social Science Categories

Journal rankings and comparisons are meaningful only within each category - not between categories or domains.

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Relevance of Impact Factor and other Citation Metrics

in Arts & Humanities Journal evaluation

Linguistics is exceptional:

• Data intensive Studies

•Strong Relevance to Social Sciences•May be well cited in the journal literature

Categories treating Historical Periods or Creative Works

place greater emphasis on uniqueness of topic.•Medieval and Renaissance Studies•Art

The “Time” Factor•Impact Factor is focused on current citations to recent articles.•Arts & Humanities studies are not generally time sensitive

Web of Science Has Had Significant Growth in

Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities in Recent Years.

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Recent Growth in Arts & Humanities Coverage: Countries

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Recent Growth in Arts & Humanities Coverage: Categories

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Recent Growth in Social & Behavioral Sciences :Countries

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Recent Growth in Social & Behavioral Sciences:Categories

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BOOK CITATION INDEXCOMPLETING THE RESEARCH PICTURE

http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/

Web of Sciencesm : Core Research Literature

Categories with more than 50% of outgoing citations from journals to books

Source: Web of Science - Citing year = 2007

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Web of Knowledge contains

Web of Science

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•Science Citation Index Expanded•Social Sciences Citation Index•Arts & Humanities Citation Index•Conference Proceedings Citation Index•Book Citation Index

Book Citation Index Search : Topic; Author; Year Published

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Book Citation Index Source Record

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Viewing the Chapter’s Citation Context

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Citedby

Hare(73)

CitingHare(9)

To date…15,841,074 cited references from books indexed.

Editorial Profile of the Book Citation Index

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Selection of Books Provided by Major Publishers; University Presses

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All books are evaluated by the Thomson Reuters Editorial Team

Full text available at: http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/BKCI-SelectionEssay_web.pdf

Participating publishers are listedat: http://wokinfo.com/mbl/publishers/