1. The Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Policy – Building Great Journals - Adding Value to Web of Science Maintaining and Growing Web of Science Regional Content in Web of Science Russian Research in Web of Science Book Citation Index How can I Improve My Journal? James Testa VP Editorial Development & Publisher Relations Moscow – May 2012

2. 2 Web of Science SCIE - 1898-present SSCI- 1956-present AHCI-1975-present CPCI-1990-present BkCI-2005-present Current Contents 1998-present Derwent Innovations Index 1963-present BIOSIS Citation Index 1926-present Web of Knowledge CABI 1910-present Chinese Science Citation Database 1989-present FSTA 1969-present INSPEC 1898-present MEDLINE 1950-present Journal Citation Reports 1997-present Zoological Record 1864-present Thomson Reuters Web of 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.

3. 3 Journal Selection Process: 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? Do authors, editors, EAB members represent the int’l research community? Does this journal target an International or Regional audience? New journals: Citations to authors’, editors’ prior work. Established Journals: Impact Factor Citation analysis is done in relation to editorial context of the journal.

4. 4 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.

5. Biochemistry – Moscow 2010 Impact factor: 1.402 5-year Impact Factor: 1.411

6. Calculation of Journal Impact Factor 5-Year Journal Impact Factor in 2010 Journal Citation Reports 6 Biochemistry-Moscow

7. The data behind the 2010 Journal Impact Factor Biochemistry-Moscow… Source Data 2010 Impact Factor Trend

8. The data behind the 2010 Journal Impact Factor Biochemistry-Moscow… Cited Journal Graph Self Citation Rate

9. Self citation rates in 2009 Journal Citation Report Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia-Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy 2009 Cited Journal Graphic Effect of Self Citations on rank in category: From Q1 To Q4 Chemistry, Medicinal Pharmacology & Pharmacy Journal was suppressed from 2010 and will be suppressed from 2011JCR. Reevaluate in 2012.

10. 10 Impact Factor vs. 5-Year Impact Factor in Science & Social Sciences Top Ten Science Journals Top Ten Social Science Journals

11. 11 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.

12. Web of Science covers the Top Tier International and Regional Journals Regional Content

13. Regional Journal Coverage in Web of Science Arts & Humanities Agriculture Biology & Environmental Sciences Clinical Medicine Engineering Computing & Technology Life Sciences Physics Chemistry & Earth Sciences Social & Behavioral Sciences Total Europe 175109182113781462871090 Asia Pacific 208312858716798525 Latin America 31614315172260249 Middle East & Africa 13233915 932141 North America 9117552847 Total 2482774092061862464852052 13 36 Russian Regional Journals have been added to SCIE

14. Distribution of Regional Journal in Web of Science by Region 14

15.  Journals  Research Output  Research Impact  Impact Relative to World 15

16. Russian Journals in Web of Science 161 titles Science Citation Index Expanded –150 journals Social Sciences Citation Index –4 journals Arts & Humanities Citation Index –7 journals Language: 142 in English 19 in Russian (11 SCIE; 3 SSCI; 5 AHCI) 16

17. Russian Papers in Web of Science 1981-2010 17

18. Citation Impact of Russian Papers 1981-2010 18

19. Citation Impact of Russian Papers Relative to World 1981-2010 19

20. BOOK CITATION INDEX COMPLETING THE RESEARCH PICTURE http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/

21. Proceedings Journals Books Web of Science sm : Core Research Literature

22. Categories with more than 50% of outgoing citations from journals to books Source: Web of Science - Citing year = 2007 22

23. Web of Knowledge contains Web of Science 23 Science Citation Index Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index Arts & Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index Book Citation Index

24. Book Citation Index Search : Topic; Author; Year Published 24

25. Book Citation Index Source Record 25

26. Viewing the Chapter’s Citation Context 26 Cited by Hare (73) Citing Hare (9) To date…16,276,944 cited references from books indexed.

27. Editorial Profile of the Book Citation Index 27

28. Selection of Books Provided by Major Publishers; University Presses 28 Full text available at : http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/BKCI-SelectionEssay_web.pdf Participating publishers are listed at: http://wokinfo.com/mbl/publishers/

29. How Can I Improve My Journal? 1.Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers 2.Offering authors better services 3.Boosting the journal’s media profile 4.More careful article selection -M. Chew, E. V. Villanueva, and M. B. Van Der Weyden, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 100 (3), 142 (2007)..

30. Thank you. Visit the Thomson Reuters Web site at www.Thomsonreuters.com/www.Thomsonreuters.com/. http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/free/essays/selectionofmaterial/regionalcontent/ Contact me at james.testa@thomsonreuters.com