Journal Citation Reports
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Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is an annual publication by Clarivate.{{Cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=RamaRavikumar |title=LibGuides: Journal Citation Report : Getting Started: Home |url=https://libguides.ntu.edu.sg/c.php?g=959392&p=6963752 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=libguides.ntu.edu.sg |language=en}} It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection. It provides information about academic journals in the natural and social sciences, including impact factors. JCR was originally published as a part of the Science Citation Index. Currently, the JCR, as a distinct service, is based on citations compiled from the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index.{{cite journal |last=Garfield |first=Eugene |year=2007 |title=The evolution of the Science Citation Index |journal=International Microbiology |doi=10.2436/20.1501.01.10 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=65–69 |pmid=17407063 |url=http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/barcelona2007a.pdf}}
- {{cite web |year=2010 |title=Overview |work=Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/journal_citation_reports |access-date=25 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625025211/http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/journal_citation_reports |archive-date=25 June 2010}}
- {{cite web |year=2010 |title=About Us |publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/about/ |access-date=25 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101204815/http://thomsonreuters.com/about/ |archive-date=1 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}
- {{cite journal |last=Venkatraman |first=Archana |date=September 2009 |title=Journals cherish IF status symbol: but impact factor is not the only citation metric that matters |newspaper=Information World Review |page=7}} As of the 2023 edition, journals from the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Emerging Sources Citation Index have also been included.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-26 |title=Announcing changes to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports |url=https://clarivate.com/blog/clarivate-announces-changes-to-the-2023-journal-citation-reports-release/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Clarivate |first1=Nandita |last1=Quaderi}}
Basic journal information
The information given for each journal includes:
- the basic bibliographic information of publisher, title abbreviation, language, ISSN
- the subject categories (there are 254 subject categories in the 2022 edition){{Cite web |title=Journal Citation Reports |url=https://clarivate.com/products/scientific-and-academic-research/research-analytics-evaluation-and-management-solutions/journal-citation-reports/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Clarivate}}
Citation information
- Basic citation data:
- the number of articles published during that year and
- the number of times the articles in the journal were cited during the year by later articles in itself and other journals,
- detailed tables showing
- the number of times the articles in the journal were cited during the year by later articles in itself and other journals,
- the number of citations made from articles published in the journal that year to it and other specific individual journals during each of the most recent ten years (the 20 journals most cited are included)
- the number of times articles published in the journal during each of the most recent 10 years were cited by individual specific journals during the year (the twenty journals with the greatest number of citations are given)
- and several measures derived from these data for a given journal: its impact factor, immediacy index, etc.
There are separate editions for the sciences and the social sciences; the 2013 science edition includes 8,411 journals, and the 2012 social science edition contains 3,016 titles. The issue for each year is published the following year after the citations for the year have been published and the information processed.
The publication is available online (JCR on the Web), or in CD format (JCR on CD-ROM); it was originally published in print, with the detailed tables on microfiche.
In general, various universities, administrative centers and ministries in charge of higher education make their evaluations of university professors and other researchers on the number and quality of articles published in journals indexed in the JCR.{{Cite web |last=admin |title=La investigación dependiente: crítica estructural al sistema JCR {{!}} Ámbitos. Revista Internacional de Comunicación |url=https://institucionales.us.es/ambitos/la-investigacion-dependiente-critica-estructural-al-sistema-jcr/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |language=es |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927225304/https://institucionales.us.es/ambitos/la-investigacion-dependiente-critica-estructural-al-sistema-jcr/ |url-status=dead }}
Release schedule
In recent years, it has often been released in mid-June. The 2017 Journal Citation Reports, based on 2016 data, was released on June 14, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://clarivate.com/blog/the-2017-jcr-release-is-here/|title=The 2017 JCR Release is Here! – Clarivate|date=14 June 2017|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142715/https://clarivate.com/blog/the-2017-jcr-release-is-here/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}
Integrations
In April 2020, Journal Citation Reports included a beta for open access data, which uses Unpaywall data.{{cite web |last=Klepp |first=Horst J. |date=18 October 2001 |title=Modes of Contact and uniqueness of solutions for systems with friction-affected sliders (2002) 254(5), 987-996 |url=https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/OA-in-JCR-QRG-final.pdf}} It officially left the beta phase with the release of the 2020 JCR in June 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-23 |title=Journal Citation Reports to feature open access data |url=https://www.researchinformation.info/news/journal-citation-reports-feature-open-access-data |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812005648/https://www.researchinformation.info/news/journal-citation-reports-feature-open-access-data |archive-date=2020-08-12 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Research Information |quote=The new feature is in beta until the launch of the 2020 Journal Citation Reports in June.}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-22 |title=Clarivate Introduces New Open Access Data into Web of Science Journal Citation Reports |url=https://ir.clarivate.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2020/Clarivate-Introduces-New-Open-Access-Data-into-Web-of-Science-Journal-Citation-Reports/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622112033/https://ir.clarivate.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2020/Clarivate-Introduces-New-Open-Access-Data-into-Web-of-Science-Journal-Citation-Reports/default.aspx |archive-date=2024-06-22 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=Clarivate |quote=The new feature is in beta until the launch of the 2020 Journal Citation Reports in June.}}
Impact factor
{{excerpt|Journal Impact Factor}}
See also
References
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- {{cite book |last=Garfield |first=Eugene |year=1979 |title=Citation Indexing |publisher=Wiley |location=New York |isbn=978-0-471-02559-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/citationindexing0000garf}}
- {{cite book |last=Dym |first=Eleanor |year=1985 |title=Subject and Information analysis |publisher=Dekker |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8247-7354-0 }}
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | last=Krampl | first=Anna | title=Journal Citation Reports | journal=Journal of the Medical Library Association | publisher=University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | volume=107 | issue=2 | date=15 April 2019 | issn=1558-9439 | doi=10.5195/jmla.2019.646 | doi-access=free | oclc=8081616643}}
External links
- {{official website|https://clarivate.com/products/journal-citation-reports/}}
- [https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/support/support-jcr/ Training Resources for Journal Citation Reports]