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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
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
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.
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 Abstracts
 Biosis Citation Index
 Current Chemical Reactions
 Current Contents Connect
 Index Chemicus
 BIOSIS Citation Index
 Science Citation Index Expanded
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISI_Web_of_Knowledge#Abstracting_and_inde
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Knowledge
ISI JOURNAL LISTS FOR SEARCHABLE DATABASES
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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
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™
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
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.
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)
Example
http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgibin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=K
Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)
Some journals with SCI index : Engineering (chemical)
Journal Indexed by ISI-Thomson
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/cgibin/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 Factor
 Definition
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 1990-91
D= B/C = 1992 impact factor
List of Impact Factor Journal from JCR
We cannot get the list of IF journal from JCR ( ISIThomson) directly. Alternatively, we can get it
through the address below:
http://www.bioxbio.com/if/html/
2012 Impact Factor: 2.016
ISSN : 1392-3730
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.
IF 2.430
ISSN: 0360-1323
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
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
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: 0378-3758
IF 2.031
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 1.000
ISSN: 0738-0593
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
ISSN: 1363-6820
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®
Abstracting/ Indexing
IF 4.093
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
Absracting/ Indexing
IF 3.041
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 3.432
ISSN: 0142-0615
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
Abstracting and Indexing Information
Impact Factor: 3.799
ISI Journal Citation Reports ©
Ranking: 2012: 6/116 (Business);
12/174 (Management)
Online ISSN: 0022-2380
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)
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
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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.