UNDERSTANDING ISI,SCOPUS,GOOGLE AND Q, FOR JOURNAL‘S INDEXES/ABSTRACTS

MUSTAFA MAT DERISFSKTM

ATORICC SEMINAR ROOM

May 27, 20142.30 – 4.30

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

CONTENTSCONTENTS

• 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.

INTRODUCTION

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.

What is ISI

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

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.

Other Abstracting and indexing

The ISI Web of Knowledge suite encompasses the following databases:

Biological AbstractsBiosis Citation IndexCurrent Chemical ReactionsCurrent Contents ConnectIndex ChemicusBIOSIS Citation IndexScience Citation Index Expandedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISI_Web_of_Knowledge#Abstracting_and_indexing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Knowledge

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index®      (Web of Science)• Biological Abstracts• BIOSIS PREVIEWS• Biological Abstracts/RRM• Current Contents® / Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Scien

ces• 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

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™

ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Citation_Index

(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.

Journal Selection Criteria

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)

Abstract/index Ordering Abstract/index Ordering

Example

http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/

http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=K

Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)

Journal Indexed by ISI-Thomsonhttp://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlsearch.cgi?

PC=MASTER&Error=1

EXAMPLE

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

Impact FactorDefinition 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 1990-91 (this is a subset of A)C= number of articles published in 1990-91D= B/C = 1992 impact factor

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:

http://www.bioxbio.com/if/html/

Abstracting/IndexingThe 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 : 1392-3730

Abstracting and IndexingArchitectural Periodicals IndexCOMPENDEXCurrent Contents/Engineering, Computing & TechnologyCurrent Contents/SciSearch DatabaseCurrent Technology IndexInternational Building Services AbstractsEngineering IndexFLUIDEXFluid Abstracts: Civil Engineering Fluidex (online)GEOBASEHealth and Safety Science AbstractsIBSEDEX DataResearch AlertSSSA/CISA/ECA/ISMECScience Citation IndexCSA Civil Engineering AbstractsScopus

IF 2.430ISSN: 0360-1323

Abstracting and IndexingAmerica: 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

Abstracting and IndexingMathSciINSPECPASCAL/INIST-CNRSSCISEARCHScience Citation IndexSocial SciSearchUnCoverZentralblatt MATHInside ConferencesGale Group Trade & Industry DatabaseScopus

IF 0.713ISSN: 0378-3758

Abstracted inISI (Science Citation Index®, SciSearch®, ISI Alerting Services, Current Contents®/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences)ScopusInspecAerospace and High Technology DatabaseChemical Abstracts ServiceChimicaCompendexEnvironmental Sciences & Pollution Management DatabaseINIS (International Nuclear Information System)Mass Spectroscopy Bulletin MathSciNetNASA Astrophysics Data SystemPASCAL DatabasePubMedVINITI Abstracts Journal (Referativnyi Zhurnal)

IF 2.031

Abstracting and IndexingAustralian Educational IndexBritish Education IndexContents Pages in EducationCurrent ContentsEducation Research IndexBibliography of Asian StudiesDatabase of Research on International EducationERICEducation Technology AbstractsGEOBASEResearch into Higher Education AbstractsSocial Sciences Citation IndexSpecial Education Needs AbstractsEducational Management AbstractsMulticultural Education AbstractsSociology of Education AbstractsTechnical Education & Training AbstractsERA (Educational Research Abstracts Online)Scopus

IF 1.000ISSN: 0738-0593

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: 1363-6820

Abstracting/ Indexing

Applied Mechanics ReviewsBIOSISCentre de Documentation Scientifique et Technique - PASCAL DatabaseChemical AbstractsCurrent Contents/Engineering, Computing & TechnologyEMBASEEngineering IndexGEOBASEISMEC BulletinMembrane QuarterlyPhysics AbstractsPolymer ContentsScience Citation IndexScience Research Abstracts JournalScopusSolid State Abstracts

IF 4.093

Absracting/ Indexing

Aqualine (Infoline)Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries AbstractsChemical AbstractsChemical Engineering AbstractsCurrent ContentsDokumentation WasserEngineering IndexEnvironmental AbstractsEnvironmental Periodicals BibliographyHealth and Safety Science AbstractsISMEC BulletinOceanic AbstractsPollution AbstractsScience Citation IndexScopusSelected Water Resources Abstracts

IF 3.041

Abstracting and IndexingCompendexCurrent ContentsEngineering Index MonthlyEI Compendex PlusEi EngineeringEnergy Science and TechnologyEnvironmental AbstractsFuel and Energy AbstractsGeoRefINSPECOCLC Contents AlertPASCAL/CNRSReferativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences) Web of ScienceSciSearch/Science Citation Index ExpandedScopus

IF 3.432ISSN: 0142-0615

Impact Factor: 3.799ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2012: 6/116 (Business); 12/174 (Management)Online ISSN: 0022-2380

Abstracting and Indexing InformationABI/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 EconomicsSCOPUS (Elsevier)Social Sciences Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information)

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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

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.