Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports for 2010 are now available on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform. The 2010 JCR covers more than 1,000 “highly cited, peer reviewed journals in 238 disciplines”.
According to the ISI Web of Knowledge website, JCR’s “Journal performance metrics offer a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world’s leading journals and determine a publication’s place in the global research community.”
University of Lincoln researchers can log into the JCR via the University Portal, at:
- https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C12/C1/JCR/default.aspx
- Log in using network\accountID and password.
- Once logged in via Athens, click on ‘Select a Database’, then on ‘Journal Citation Reports’.
The University’s JCR access includes both the JCR Social Sciences Edition (2004-2010), and the JCR Science Edition (2008-2010). It’s possible to view lists of journals for each edition: by subject, publisher, and country/territory of publication; also to search for individual journals by title (full, abbreviated, or keyword) and ISSN.
Thomson Reuters are running a number of webinars (online training sessions) on using the 2010 Journal Citation Reports, between 6–21 July. There’s also a JCR help guide.
If you have any questions about the Journal Citation Reports (or about any of the other databases available through the ISI Web of Knowledge), please contact your subject librarian.
