The Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process for Web of Science Focus on: Social Sciences Arts & Humanities The Book Citation Index in Web of Science James Testa VP Editorial Development & Publisher Relations 1
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... BIOSIS Citation Index 1926-present FSTA 1969-present Web of Knowledge Zoological Record 1864-present Derwent Innovations Index 1963-present Web of Science SCIE - 1898-present SSCI- 1956-present AHCI-1975-present CPCI-1990-present BkCI-2005-present Current Contents 1998-present MEDLINE 1950-present 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. Chinese Science Citation Database 1989-present Journal Citation Reports 1997-present INSPEC 1898-present CABI 1910-present 2
Thomson Reuters Journal Selection Process for Web of Science: 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? Is international representation among Authors and EAB members at an appropriate level for this journal? Does this journal target an International or Regional audience? New journals: Citations to authors, editors prior work. Established Journals: Impact Factor Citation metrics have meaning only in the editorial context appropriate for the journal. 3
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. 4
2010 Journal Citation Reports Human Ecology* Impact Factor: 1.923 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.249 *Springer (New York); Bi-monthly; first published in1972 5
Calculation of Journal Impact Factor 5-Year Journal Impact Factor in 2010 Journal Citation Reports Human Ecology 6
Impact Factor vs. 5-Year Impact Factor in Science & Social Sciences Top Ten Science Journals Top Ten Social Science Journals 7
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. 8
Relevance of Impact Factor and other Citation Metrics in Arts & Humanities Journal evaluation Linguistics is exceptional: Data intensive Studies Strong Relevance to Social Sciences May be well cited in the journal literature Categories treating Historical Periods or Creative Works place greater emphasis on uniqueness of topic. Medieval and Renaissance Studies Art The Time Factor Impact Factor is focused on current citations to recent articles. Arts & Humanities studies are not generally time sensitive 9
Web of Science Has Had Significant Growth in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities in Recent Years. 10
Recent Growth in Arts & Humanities Coverage: Countries 11
Recent Growth in Arts & Humanities Coverage: Categories 12
Recent Growth in Social & Behavioral Sciences : Countries 13
Recent Growth in Social & Behavioral Sciences: Categories 14
BOOK CITATION INDEX COMPLETING THE RESEARCH PICTURE http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/
Web of Science sm : Core Research Literature
Categories with more than 50% of outgoing citations from journals to books Source: Web of Science - Citing year = 2007 17
Web of Knowledge contains Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded Social Sciences Citation Index Arts & Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index Book Citation Index 18
Book Citation Index Search : Topic; Author; Year Published 19
Book Citation Index Source Record 20
Viewing the Chapter s Citation Context Cited by Hare (73) Citing Hare (9) To date 15,841,074 cited references from books indexed. 21
Editorial Profile of the Book Citation Index 22
Selection of Books Provided by Major Publishers; University Presses All books are evaluated by the Thomson Reuters Editorial Team Participating publishers are listed at: http://wokinfo.com/mbl/publishers/ Full text available at: http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/bkci-selectionessay_web.pdf 23