Journal Citation Reports
| Company type | Publication |
|---|---|
| Industry | Academic publishing |
| Products | Citation data, impact factors for academic journals |
| Owner | Clarivate |
| Website | jcr |
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is an annual publication produced by Clarivate and is integrated within the Web of Science Core Collection. It offers comprehensive information on academic journals across the natural sciences and social sciences, including their impact factors. Initially part of the Science Citation Index, JCR now aggregates citation data from both the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index. Starting in 2023, it also covers journals indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index as well as the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Basic journal information
Each journal profile contains:
- Publisher name, abbreviated title, language, ISSN
- Classification into subject categories (254 categories listed in the 2022 edition)
Citation information
- Fundamental citation statistics:
- annual count of published articles
- citations these articles received from both the same journal and others
- Detailed tables presenting:
- citations obtained by articles during the year
- references made by articles published that year to this journal and other selected journals over the past decade (including top 20 most cited journals)
- citations to articles from the last 10 years by individual journals within the year (listing top 20 citing journals)
- Derived metrics such as the impact factor and immediacy index
Separate editions are produced for sciences and social sciences; for instance, the 2013 science edition includes 8,411 journals, whereas the 2012 social science edition features 3,016 titles. Each annual report is issued in the subsequent year after citation data has been compiled.
The report is accessible online via JCR on the Web or on CD-ROM; originally, it was distributed in print with detailed tables available on microfiche.
Academic institutions and research organizations commonly utilize JCR data to assess faculty members and researchers based on both the quantity and quality of their publications in indexed journals.
Release schedule
JCR is generally published around mid-June. For example, the 2017 edition of Journal Citation Reports, which reflects data from 2016, was released on June 14, 2017.
Integrations
In April 2020, a beta release of Journal Citation Reports incorporated open access information sourced from Unpaywall. This feature was officially introduced with the June 2020 JCR release, improving visibility into open access publishing within its metrics.
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