Editorial Development James Testa, Director

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Editorial DevelopmentJames Testa, Director
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ISI Web of Knowledge
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Web of Knowledge

• 22,000 unique journals
• 60,000 conferences from 1990 to the present
• 1.5 million patents

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Web of Science

• SCIExpanded
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Arts Humanities Citation Index
• Index Chemicus
• Current Chemical Reactions

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• Web of Science Journal Selection Process
• Citation analysis
• Self Citation Rate
• SCIE vs. SCI
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Arts Humanities Citation Index
• Brazilian Coverage Journals, Articles
• Open Access Journals.

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Journal Selection ProcessEugene Garfield, PhD

• Web of Science is comprehensive but not all
  inclusive.
• Small number of journals publish the bulk of
  significant scientific results.
• 300 journal produce more than half of what is
  cited and nearly a third of what is published.
• 3,000 journals produce 80 of published articles
  and 95 of cited articles.
• 2,000 journals evaluated annually
• 10 accepted
• Thomson editors information professionals
  librarians experts in the literature of their
  subject area.

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• Journal Selection
• 1. Basic Journal Publishing Standards
• 2. Editorial Content
• 3. International Diversity
• 4. Citation Analysis

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• Journal Selection
• 1.) Publishing Standards
• a.) Timeliness
• b.) Editorial Conventions
• c.) English Language Bibliographic
  
• Information
• d.) Peer Review

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• ... Journal Selection
• 1.) Basic Journal Publishing Standards
• a.) Timeliness of Publication
• A journal must be published according to its
  stated publication schedule to be considered for
  coverage in the WoS database.
• Must receive three on-time issues in sequence.
• E-Journals held to the same standard.

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• ... Journal Selection
• 1. Basic Journal Publishing Standards
• a.) Timeliness of Publication
• b.) International Editorial Conventions
• - Informative Journal Titles
• - Descriptive Article Titles
• - Full Address Information for Every Author
• - Complete Bibliographic Information for All
  Cited References

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• ... Journal Selection
• 1.) Basic Journal Publishing Standards
• a.) Timeliness of Publication
• b.) International Editorial Conventions
• c.) English Language Bibliographic Information
• Article Titles
• Author Names and Addresses
• Cited References in the Roman Alphabet
• Abstracts and Keywords
• Full text English is becoming the standard in the
  international research community especially in
  the Natural Sciences.

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• ... Journal Selection
• 1.) Basic Journal Publishing Standards
• a. Timeliness of Publication
• b. International Editorial Conventions
• c. English Language Bibliographic
  information
• d. Peer Review
• Application of the peer review process is
  another indication of the journals standards,
  the overall quality of research presented, and
  the completeness of cited references.

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• ... Journal Selection
• 2.) Editorial Content
• Do we need this journal in the database, or is
  the category already well covered?

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• ... Journal Selection
• 3.) International Diversity
• Are the authors, editors, and editorial advisory
  board members from around the world?
• Does this journal reflect the global context
  in which scientific research takes place?

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• 3. International Diversity
• Regional Journals
• To properly reflect the global context in
  which scientific research takes place, and to
  provide balanced coverage in each category,
  Thomson also seeks to cover the best regional
  journals.

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• ... Journal Selection
• 4. Citation Analysis
• Capture all cited references to articles in
  covered journals and to articles in journals not
  covered.
• Expert use of citation data help ISI identify
  important, influential, and useful publications.
• Measure use by analyzing citation data.

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• Journal Selection
• 4. Citation Analysis
• Crystallography
• Fewer Articles, Fewer Citations
• Biotechnology, Genetics
• Many Articles, Many Citations
• Arts Humanities
• Slow citation growth
• Life Sciences
• Rapid citation growth

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• ... Journal Selection
• 4. Citation Analysis
• Citations to the journal itself (Impact Factor)
• Citations to the contributing authors and
  editorial board members.

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• ... Journal Selection
• ... 4. Citation Analysis
• - Established Journals
• Impact Factor
• the average number of times recent articles in a
  journal were cited in a particular year.

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• ... Journal Selection
• ...4. Citation Analysis
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 2004 Impact factor 5.643

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• Journal Citation Reports (JCR) -- 2004 Science
  Edition
• Impact Factor Calculation
• Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Impact Factor 5.643
• Cites in 2004 to articles published in
• 2003 1,577
• 2002 1,572
• 02 03 3,149
• Number of articles published in
• 2003 281
• 2002 277
• 02 03 558
• Calculation
• Cites to recent articles 3,149
  5.643
• Number of recent articles 558

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• Journal Citation Reports (JCR) -- 2004 Science
  Edition
• Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Impact Factor 5.643
• Self citation rate 8.80
• 279 self citations / 3,149 Cites (0203)
• Journal of Original Research
• 374 articles published in 2004
• 371 Original Research Papers
• 3 Review Articles
• Open Access Journal

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• ... Journal Selection
• ... 4. Citation Analysis
• - New Journals citations to the work of
  authors and editorial board members.
• Has the past work of authors and editorial
  advisory board members received citations?

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• Journal Selection
• 4. Citation Analysis
• Self Citations
• 80 of all journals listed in the JCR Science
  Edition have self-citation rates of less than
  20.
• Excessive self-citation weakens the integrity of
  the journals Impact Factor.

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Building on the foundation of Thomson Citation
Indexing

• Find the most important articles / journals of
  the 20th Century WoS Century of Science
• Cited Half Life gt 9.5 years
• 1100 Science journals
• 400 Social Science journals
• Cited reference searching
• Powerful tool in the discovery process
• Effective measure of author importance/influence.

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• Science Citation Index Expanded
• 6,200 journals
• Science, Medicine, Agriculture, Technology,
  Behavioral Sciences
• Available online Web of Science
• Every journal selected meets all selection
  criteria
• Science Citation Index
• 3,800 journals
• Highly cited, High impact journals
• Available on CDROM and Print
• Includes the best regional journals

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• Category Medicine, General and Internal
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• 109 journals
• Science Citation Index
• 62 journals
• Highly cited, High impact
• Lower impact journals from South Africa, India,
  China included because they are the best from
  these regions.

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• Social Sciences Citation Index
• 1,798 journals
• All journals meet Thomson ISI selection criteria.
• Citation rates and Impact generally lower than
  for journals in the Natural Sciences.
• Citations rise, peak, and decline.
• Importance of regional studies.

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• Arts Humanities Citation Index
• 1,123 journals
• All journals meet Thomson ISI selection criteria.
• Journal Citation metrics not generally relevant
  in the Arts Humanities.
• Citations cyclical varying with scholarly
  interest in the topic.

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• Brazilian Journal Coverage
• ISI covers 27 journals whose country of
  publication is Brazil
• SCIExpanded 23 Journals
• Science Citation Index 4 journals
• SSCI 3 Journal
• AHCI 1 Journal

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Number of Brazilian papers in WoS in 5 year
overlapping periods all fields
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Number of papers for 11 Latin American Countries
in 5 year overlapping periods all fields
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Defining Open Access

• Peer-reviewed, scholarly journals no charge to
  readers or their institutions to access or
  download the most recently published content.
• Three resources consulted
• Directory of Open Access Journals www.doaj.org
• SciELO www.scielo.br
• J-STAGE - http//www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse
• Total of more than 2,000 journals
• Thomson-ISI selection criteria

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• In WoS the best results are always close to the
  surface.

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