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ISI's Journal Citation Reports on the Web.

Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick1

  • 1George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 30 Twelfth Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103-2754, USA. fitzparb@umdnj.edu

Medical Reference Services Quarterly
|January 9, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Learn how to use the Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI) Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database to find top journals. Discover techniques for searching and manipulating data to identify high-impact, frequently used, and leading publications in any field.

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Area of Science:

  • Bibliometrics
  • Information Science
  • Scholarly Communication

Background:

  • The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a comprehensive database.
  • Understanding journal impact and usage is crucial for researchers and institutions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an overview of the ISI Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database.
  • To present basic searching and data manipulation techniques for the JCR.
  • To highlight the types of information available within the JCR.

Main Methods:

  • Overview of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database structure.
  • Demonstration of fundamental search queries within JCR.
  • Explanation of simple data extraction and analysis methods from JCR.

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Main Results:

  • The JCR database allows identification of highest impact journals.
  • Users can find most frequently used and "hottest" journals.
  • The database facilitates the discovery of the largest journals within specific disciplines.

Conclusions:

  • The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database is a valuable tool for bibliometric analysis.
  • Effective use of JCR searching and data manipulation can inform research and collection development.
  • JCR provides insights into journal prominence and influence within various academic fields.