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Important resources Journal Citation Reports - JCR https://jcr.incites.thomsonreuters.com Scimago - SJR http://scimagojr.com

To evaluate and compare journals using citation data - JCR Contain: 12 000 scholarly and technical journals and conference proceedings 3 300 publishers in over 60 countries in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences http://ipscience-help.thomsonreuters.com/incitesLiveJCR/JCRGroup/jcrOverview.html

IF value – calculation quotient numerator denominator

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InCite Journal Citation Reports

Search Journal titles The Master Search page enables you to search for journal titles using the JCR abbreviated journal title, the full journal title,  ISSN or eISSN number

Question What was the „Lancet” journal IF value in 2008? 5.440 28.331 28.409 32.220

What was the IF value of „Nature” journal in 2006? 25.814 30.979 26.681 41.456

Categories

Category: Oncology

Inside the categories….immunology

In the subject of „Immunology”what was the lowest IF value in 2014? 0.200 1.230 2.110 0.280

About the Quartile of the Journal In its subject category - Q1 denotes the top 25% of the IF distribution, - Q2 for middle-high position (between top 50% and top 25%), - Q3 middle-low position (top 75% to top 50%), - Q4 the lowest position (bottom 25% of the IF distribution)

The place of the selected journal/s only in its category „Quartile”

Questions How many journals were in 2015 in „Surgery” category? 110 200 201 In this category in 2015 what was the lowest IF value? 0,01 0,042 0,022

Questions Analyse the following journals in 2014 Annals of Surgery Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry American Journal of Transplantation - In the „Surgery” category which journals belong to the Q1 ? 1 2 3 all - Which has the highest if value? Annals of surgery

Compere 5 journals data „trends”

Questions How many Hungarian journals can be found in Science Citation Index Expanded in 2014? (SCIE) 13 444 30 How many Hungarian periodicals are in 2015 in Q3? (SCIE and SSCI) 2 4 6 8 How many Hungarian periodicals are in 2014 in Q2? (SCIE and SSCI) 4 8 How many German periodicals are in 2013 in Q1? (SCIE and SSCI) 20 102 153 152 6

Questions How many journals are? - year: 2015, from England, SCIE ed, Q1 and open acces 0 40 74 85 - year: 2011 from England, SCIE and SSCI eds, IF between 8-10 0 28 10 25 30

Title Suppressions significant distortion of the Journal Impact Factor Transparency and Accountability In the interest of fairness and accuracy for all journals, the distortion of the Journal Impact Factor by an excessive concentration of citations gives rise to the need for suppression. Titles are suppressed for one year and are reevaluated annually.

Problem http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/jcr-suppression.pdf

Problem

Official citation for JRC The JCR data year that you are referencing. The full name, Journal Citation Reports. Include the registered trademark symbol.  Name of the publisher: Thomson Reuters Copyright year: The copyright year appears at the bottom of every page in JCR. Examples: 2015 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015) 2015 Journal Citation Reports® Social Sciences Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015) 2015 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2015)

Scimago http://scimagojr.com/

Scimago The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains. This indicator shows the visibility of the journals contained in the Scopus® database from 1996.

http://scimagojr.com/SCImagoJournalRank.pdf

Title: Nanomedicine United Kingdom ISSN: 17486963, 17435889 Was the SJR value of this journal in 2010? 2,223 2,277 3,552

About International Collaboration A journal title is: CELL The % of International collaboration in 2014 10,00 20,18 31,96 40,00

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