Archive for ‘impact factors’

June 29, 2011

2010 Journal Citation Reports data now available

by Debbie

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) now includes data for 2010. There is also a list of journals which have been included for the first time, which can be found here.

For more information, please see the JCR website, or click on the logo to the right to be taken to the JCR page. Please note, if you are off campus, you will need to be logged in to the VPN to gain access.

July 7, 2009

Journal Citation Reports data for 2008 now available

by Debbie

Identify the most influential journals and papers in your field by searching Web of Knowledge’s Journal Citation Reports, still the only journal evaluation resource that provides quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. The data for 2008 has now been released bringing the reports fully up to date.

New features added to the latest release of JCR data allow you to:

– View a journal’s impact with a five year Impact Factor trend graph.

– See how journal self citations affect Impact Factor.

– Rank journals in multiple categories.

Find out more on the Journal Citation Reports site.

February 27, 2009

Enhancement to ISI Journal Citation Reports

by Debbie

There has recently been an upgrade to the ISI Journal Citation Reports service. You can read their post about it here.

The enhancements include:

  • Five-Year Impact Factor.
  • ‘Rank in Category’ tables.
  • Box Plots.
  • Illumination of Journal Self Citations.
  • Eigenfactor MetricsTM: EigenfactorTM and Article InfluenceTM

There’s a section with training materials for the new service on the Thomson Reuters website.

July 10, 2007

Journal impact factors – 2006 data now available

by Katharine Thompson

We are pleased to announce that the year 2006 data for Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for the ISI Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education is now available.

They can be accessed via the Web of Knowledge service, which can be found via the Library website by selecting ‘Digital Library’ then ‘Databases and E-book’s‘ then ‘Services‘ then ‘Web of Knowledge’.

Please note: It may be necessary to clear the cache/history in your browser to access the 2006 year data if it is not visible.

If you need any guidance on using them, please do not hesitate to contact Katharine or Debbie.