1. Lívia Vasas lvasas@lib.sote.hu 2015
Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports
Lívia Vasas
2015

2. 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

3. To compare, evaluate and inform their decisions on published research in varying fields
Identify the ideal journal in which to publish your forthcoming research
Recognize trending journals in key research categories
Evaluate the performance of journals
Compare multiple journals
Focus on desired subject categories

4. The most relevant information
Journal Citation Reports provides online data – till 1997 (printed till 1975)
The 2015 data will be made available in the 2016 Journal Citation Reports release

5. IF value – calculation quotient
numerator
denominator

6. Calculation of Impact factor Title: CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (FRACTION – NUMERATOR – DENOMINATOR)

7. Impact factor calculation - Leukemia

8. InCite Journal Citation Reports

9. Customize indicators

10. 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

11. Master Search for „Science”

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

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

14. Categories

15. The periodicals from Oncology

16. Category Ranking

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

18. Save 2 journals data (after the registration)

19. My saved selections

20. Inside the category….

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

22. Compere 5 journals data „trends”

23. Questions
How many Hungarian journals can be found in Science Citation Index Expanded in 2014? (SCIE)
How many Hungarian periodicals are in 2014 in Q1? (SCIE and SSCI)
2 5
How many Hungarian periodicals are in 2014 in Q2? (SCIE and SSCI)
4 8
How many German periodicals are in in SCIE in Q1? 29 6
143

24. 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 from JCR based on analysis
of the last year of citation data and are reevaluated annually.

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

26. 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)

27. Thank you!