1. UNDERSTANDING ISI,SCOPUS,GOOGLE AND Q,
FOR JOURNAL‘S INDEXES/ABSTRACTS
MUSTAFA MAT DERIS
FSKTM AT
ORICC SEMINAR ROOM
May 27, 2014
2.30 – 4.30

2. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. ISI, Scopus, Google, and Q 2.1. Indexes
2.2. Journal Selection Criteria
2.3 Premier Indexes
3. Examples
4. Q & A

3. INTRODUCTION In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a
periodical publication intended to further the progress
of science, usually by reporting new research.
There are thousands of academic and scientific
journals in publication (> 23,000), and many more
have been published at various points in the past.

4. INTRODUCTION Journal ranking is widely used in academic circles in
the evaluation of an academic journal’s impact and
quality. Journal rankings are intended to reflect the
place of a journal within its field, the relative difficulty
of being published in that journal, and the prestige
associated with it.
They have been recently introduced as official research
evaluation tools in some countries such as Norway,
Australia and France.
Usually, it is based on indexes/abstracts given by ISI,
SCOPUS, DBLP, Google, etc.

5. What is ISI
ISI is the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was founded by Eugene Garfield in 1960.

6. ISI Serves
ISI offered bibliographic database services and its specialty is on citation indexing and analysis.
Covering thousands of academic journals, including a continuation of its longtime print-based indexing service the,
Science Citation Index (SCI),
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI).
All of these are available via ISI's Web of Knowledge (part of
web of Science) database service.

7. Other Abstracting and indexing
The ISI Web of Knowledge suite encompasses the following databases:
Biological Abstracts
Biosis Citation Index
Current Chemical Reactions
Current Contents Connect
Index Chemicus
BIOSIS Citation Index
Science Citation Index Expanded

9. ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES
Arts & Humanities Citation Index®      (Web of Science)
Biological Abstracts
BIOSIS PREVIEWS
Biological Abstracts/RRM
Current Contents® / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
Current Contents® / Arts & Humanities
Current Contents® / Clinical Medicine
Current Contents® / Engineering, Computing & Technology
Current Contents® / Life Sciences
Current Contents® / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
Current Contents® / Social & Behavioral Sciences
Current Contents Collections / Business Collection
Current Contents Collections / Electronics & Telecommunications Collection
Science Citation Index®
Science Citation Index Expanded™    (Web of Science)
Social Sciences Citation Index®    (Web of Science)
Zoological Record

10. ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES
CHEMICAL INFORMATION PRODUCTS
ChemPrep™
ISI Chemistry Reaction CenterSM      
Current Chemical Reactions®
Current Chemical Reactions® Database
Index Chemicus®
Reaction Citation Index™

11. Top Three Indexes
Science Citation Index Expanded (Larger version of SCI) covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals
Arts and Humanities Citation Index, which covers 1130 journals, beginning with 1975.
Social Sciences Citation Index, which covers 1700 journals, beginning with 1956.

12. Journal Selection Criteria
(Information Science Institute, ISI).
The evaluation process consists of evaluation of many criteria such as,
Basic Journal Publishing Standards (including Timeliness of
publication, adherence to International Editorial Conventions,
English Language Bibliographic Information (including English
article titles, keywords, author abstracts, and cited references.)
ISI also examines the journal's Editorial Content, the
International Diversity of it authors and editors. Citation Analysis
using ISI data is applied to determine the journal's citation
history and/or
the citation history of its authors and editors.

13. Abstract/index Ordering
Known citation in descending order
(Engineering, Science & Technology)
Science Citation Index (SCI, SCI Expanded)
Current Contents (Engineering, Computing, Technology)
CompuMaths Citation Index
… (some ISI indexes)
Scopus
DBLP Bibliography, CompuSci
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Computer Abstracts UK,
Mathematics Review USA
Mathematics Abstracts Germany, Zentalbrat Maths
INSPEC
(Social Science)
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
(Arts and Humanities)
Arts and Humanities Citation Index(AHCI)

14. Example

18. Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

19. Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

20. Journal Indexed by ISI-Thomson

21. EXAMPLE

22. Cont…..
The ISI also publishes the annual Journal Citation Reports which list an impact factor for each of the journals that it tracks. The ISI also publishes a list of highly cited researchers, one of the factors included in the Academic Ranking of World Universities

23. Impact Factor Definition Calculation for journal impact factor.
The JCR provides quantitative tools for ranking, evaluating, categorizing, and comparing journals. The impact factor is one of these; it is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. The annual JCR impact factor is a ratio between citations and recent citable items published. Thus, the impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
Calculation for journal impact factor.
A= total cites in 1992
B= 1992 cites to articles published in (this is a subset of A)
C= number of articles published in
D= B/C = 1992 impact factor

24. List of Impact Factor Journal from JCR
We cannot get the list of IF journal from JCR ( ISI-Thomson) directly. Alternatively, we can get it through the address below:

25. Abstracting/Indexing
The papers published in Journal of Civil Engineering and Management are abstracted/indexed by:
Advanced Polymers Abstracts; Aerospace & High Technology Database; Aluminium Industry Abstracts; Ceramic Abstracts; Civil Engineering Abstracts; COMPENDEX; Composite Industry Abstracts; Computer and Information Systems Abstracts; Copper Data Center Database; Corrosion Abstracts; EBSCOhost; Electronics and Communications Abstracts; Engineered Materials Abstracts;  GALE; ICONDA; IndexCopernicus; INSPEC; IRBdirect; Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition; Materials Business File; Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts; METADEX; 
Science Citation Index Expanded TM ;  Scopus and VINITI Abstracts Journal.
2012 Impact Factor: 2.016
ISSN :

26. Abstracting and Indexing
Architectural Periodicals Index
COMPENDEX
Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
Current Contents/SciSearch Database
Current Technology Index
International Building Services Abstracts
Engineering Index
FLUIDEX
Fluid Abstracts: Civil Engineering Fluidex (online)
GEOBASE
Health and Safety Science Abstracts
IBSEDEX Data
Research Alert
SSSA/CISA/ECA/ISMEC
Science Citation Index
CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts
Scopus
IF 2.430
ISSN:

28. Abstracting and Indexing
America: History and Life  British Humanities Index  CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  Historical Abstracts, IBSS  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  Periodicals Index Online (PIO)  PROQUEST DATABASE : Arts & Humanities Full Text  PROQUEST DATABASE : Magazines  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Discovery  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research Library  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Military Collection  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest News & Magazines  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Religion  PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Research Library  Social Sciences Citation Index®  Sociological Abstracts  The Standard Periodical Directory

29. Abstracting and Indexing
MathSci
INSPEC
PASCAL/INIST-CNRS
SCISEARCH
Science Citation Index
Social SciSearch
UnCover
Zentralblatt MATH
Inside Conferences
Gale Group Trade & Industry Database
Scopus
IF 0.713
ISSN:

30. Abstracted in
ISI (Science Citation Index®, SciSearch®, ISI Alerting Services, Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences)
Scopus
Inspec
Aerospace and High Technology Database
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chimica
Compendex
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database
INIS (International Nuclear Information System)
Mass Spectroscopy Bulletin  
MathSciNet
NASA Astrophysics Data System
PASCAL Database
PubMed
VINITI Abstracts Journal (Referativnyi Zhurnal)
IF 2.031

31. Abstracting and Indexing
Australian Educational Index
British Education Index
Contents Pages in Education
Current Contents
Education Research Index
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Database of Research on International Education
ERIC
Education Technology Abstracts
GEOBASE
Research into Higher Education Abstracts
Social Sciences Citation Index
Special Education Needs Abstracts
Educational Management Abstracts
Multicultural Education Abstracts
Sociology of Education Abstracts
Technical Education & Training Abstracts
ERA (Educational Research Abstracts Online)
Scopus
IF 1.000
ISSN:

32. Journal of Vocational Education and Training is abstracted/indexed in:
ASSIA;
Australian Research Council (ARC)
 British Education Index ; 
Contents Pages in Education ;
Education Journal;
Educational Administration Abstracts; 
Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC ); ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities, Pedagogical and Educational Research);
IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences);
Research into Higher Education Abstracts and SCOPUS® 
ISSN:

33. Abstracting/ Indexing
Applied Mechanics Reviews
BIOSIS
Centre de Documentation Scientifique et Technique - PASCAL Database
Chemical Abstracts
Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
EMBASE
Engineering Index
GEOBASE
ISMEC Bulletin
Membrane Quarterly
Physics Abstracts
Polymer Contents
Science Citation Index
Science Research Abstracts Journal
Scopus
Solid State Abstracts
IF 4.093

34. Absracting/ Indexing
Aqualine (Infoline)
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts
Chemical Engineering Abstracts
Current Contents
Dokumentation Wasser
Engineering Index
Environmental Abstracts
Environmental Periodicals Bibliography
Health and Safety Science Abstracts
ISMEC Bulletin
Oceanic Abstracts
Pollution Abstracts
Science Citation Index
Scopus
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
IF 3.041

35. Abstracting and Indexing
Compendex
Current Contents
Engineering Index Monthly
EI Compendex Plus
Ei Engineering
Energy Science and Technology
Environmental Abstracts
Fuel and Energy Abstracts
GeoRef
INSPEC
OCLC Contents Alert
PASCAL/CNRS
Referativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Web of Science
SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded
Scopus
IF 3.432
ISSN:

36. Abstracting and Indexing Information
ABI/INFORM Database (ProQuest)
Business ASAP (GALE Cengage)
Business Periodicals Index/Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing)
Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Thomson Reuters)
Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS)
Emerald Management Reviews (Emerald)
ERA: Educational Research Abstracts Online (T&F)
Ergonomics Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing)
Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage)
IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur)
IBSS:
INSPEC (IET)
International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)
Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson)
ProQuest Central (ProQuest)
PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA)
Quality Control & Applied Statistics (Executive Sciences Institute)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
SCOPUS (Elsevier)
Social Sciences Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information)
Impact Factor: 3.799
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 6/116 (Business); 12/174 (Management)
Online ISSN: 

37. IF 4.40 Abstracting and Indexing Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
CompuMath Citation Index
Current Contents/Engineering, Computing & Technology
Engineering Information, Inc
Executive Sciences Institute
INSPEC
Information Access Company
International Abstracts in Operations Research
SciSearch/Science Citation Index Expanded
IF 4.40
Mustafa Mat Deris

38. ISI PROCEEDINGS
 ISI Proceedings is an index to the published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a wide range of disciplines from anthropology to zoology. It enables you to track emerging ideas and new research in specific fields before the material appears in journal literature.