Arts and Humanities Citation Index
| Company type | Citation database |
|---|---|
| Industry | Academic publishing, Bibliographic database |
| Predecessor | Current Contents |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Citation indexing for arts and humanities journals |
| Parent | Thomson Reuters (IP & Science division) |
| Website | clarivate |
The Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), sometimes referred to as Arts and Humanities Search, is a citation database that encompasses over 1,700 scholarly journals focused on arts and humanities, while also incorporating select social and natural science periodicals. Originating partially from Current Contents, it spans various fields including arts, humanities, linguistics, poetry, music, classical literature, history, oriental studies, philosophy, archaeology, architecture, religion, television, theater, and radio.
This resource indexes a wide range of document types such as articles, letters, editorials, meeting abstracts, corrections, poems, short stories, plays, musical scores, book chapters, timelines, bibliographies, filmographies, and citations related to reviews of books, films, music recordings, and theatrical productions.
Available online through Web of Science, AHCI provides both up-to-date and archival bibliographic data along with cited references. It selectively covers approximately 1,200 journals predominantly within arts and humanities while including titles from other academic areas.
By 2011, AHCI could also be accessed via platforms like Dialog, DataStar, and OCLC, featuring weekly content updates and archival records extending back to 1980.
Academic Rainer Enrique Hamel has pointed out that AHCI inadequately represents non-English scientific publications. His research on Spanish-language entries from 2006 indicated a higher number of Spanish works authored by researchers in the United States compared to those from other Spanish-speaking nations.
History
Originally created by the Institute for Scientific Information, which was subsequently acquired by Thomson Scientific, the index is now published under the IP & Science division of Thomson Reuters.
See also
External links
- Official website at Clarivate Analytics
- Search in journal list at Clarivate Analytics (choose “Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)” under “Web of Science Coverage”)