Publishing: Web of Science journal metrics (JCR)

• Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) use data sourced from Web of Science database.
• Web of Science is available from Federation University Library via the A-Z databases directory.

• Select the Journal Citations Reports option from the Products menu:

• You will need to log in using your Clarivate account, or register a new account.
• If you have an EndNote web account, you can use this to log in.
• Select Browse by journal

• Search for journals by title or category; use the filters on the left-hand side of the screen to refine your search as required.

• JCR metrics include Journal Impact Factor (JIF),  Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) and Eigenfactor Score.
• Click on a publication title to see more detailed data, such as Journal Impact Factor Trend and ranks.

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• Journal Impact Factor has been used by JCR since 1975 to measure the significance of a journal in relation to others.
• It is calculated using this simple formula:

  citations in a year to documents published in previous 2 years 

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                        # of citable items in previous 2 years 

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• The Eigenfactor score is measured using 5-year data based on Web of Science Journal Citation Reports.
• Essentially a ratio of number of citations to total number of articles, adding weighting to citations according to the influence of the citing journal. Journals with more articles get higher ranking.
• Self-citations are also removed from the calculation.

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• Journal Citation Indicator is a new metric launched in June 2021.
• It is designed to complement JIF, with field-normalized data drawn from a 3-year period.

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