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EMERGING SOURCES CITATION INDEX A NEW EDITION OF WEB OF SCIENCE2015 FRANKFURT BOOK FAIRHOT SPOT 4.2 L10114 OCTOBER 2015, 10 AM
Thomas A. CiavarellaManagerPublisher Relations
#fbm15@thomsonreuters@webofscience
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WEB OF SCIENCE
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7,000 institutions
100 countries
54 million records
18,700+ journals
1 billion searchable
cited references
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WEB OF SCIENCE CORE COLLECTION
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12,000proceedings
13,000 journals
8 million records
66,000 books
Superior collection development
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THE NEED TO GROW
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The Web of Science audience seeks quantity:
– More data to support research assessment and analysis
– More coverage of local content with significant regional importance
– More opportunity for global collaboration
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STRENGTHENING OUR CORE
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The Web of Science audience expects quality:
– Remain selective
– Provide thought leadership
– Identify the most relevant journals
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Both to grow and to strengthen our core, Thomson Reuters has created the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
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BENEFITS OF ESCI
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• The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Makes thousands of journals searchable, discoverable, and citable
– Ensures that Web of Science covers scientific trends and developments beyond the high-impact literature
– Makes our rigorous selection criteria more transparent
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ESCI MINIMUM CRITERIA
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Evidence of peer review
Adherence to ethical publishing practices
Content requested
by or of high interest to subscribers
Preferred electronic formats
(XML / PDF)
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JOURNAL SELECTION CRITERIA
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Journal Publishing Standards
Editorial Content
International Focus
Citation Analysis
•Does this journal target an international audience or specifically a regional audience?•Is international representation among authors and board members at an appropriate level for such a journal?
•Total citations•Recent citation activity•Author and editorial board members’ citations in the literature•Integration of the journal into the literature over time
Red = ESCI minimum requirements
•Peer review•Ethical publishing practices•Meets technical requirements (XML / PDF)•Timeliness of publication•International editorial conventions•English-language bibliographic information
•Has a scholarly audience searched for or requested this content?•How does this journal compare with covered journals of similar scope?•Is this subject already well covered?•Will this journal enrich WoS with novel content?
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JOURNAL EVALUATIONS
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ESCI
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JOURNAL EVALUATIONS WITH ESCI
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ESCI BY THE NUMBERS
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• The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Adds thousands of journals to Web of Science in 2015-16
Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Sciences
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ESCI BY THE NUMBERS
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• The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Launches with a balanced mix of open access and proprietary journals
46%
54%
OAnon-OA
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ESCI BY THE NUMBERS
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• The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Enhances the coverage in Web of Science regional indices
Russia/CIS
Middle East/Africa
Latin America
Asia-Pacific/Australia
North America
Europe
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ESCI INDEXING & CITATIONS
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The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Keeps the indexing policies and conventions of the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
• Cover-to-cover indexing• All author names and institutions captured• Fully cited references• Times-cited counts
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ESCI INDEXING & CITATIONS
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ESCI METRICS
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• Journals in the Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Will not receive a Journal Impact Factor. That status is reserved for journals that have passed a rigorous review and reside in SCIE or SSCI.
– Will feed into InCites, helping organizations understand the overall output of their publishing programs and how they compare to peers’.
JournalsInCitesWoS
ESCIProceedings
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ESCI PROMOTIONS
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ESCI PROMOTIONS
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ESCI PROMOTIONS
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ESCI PROMOTIONS
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR ESCI?
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Launch
Growth
More than journals?
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ESCI LAUNCH
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• The Emerging Sources Citation Index:
– Launches in November in Web of Science release 5.20
– Is available to subscribers of the “flagship” databases (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI) at no additional cost