The Thomson Scientific Journal Selection Process Jeff Clovis

The Thomson Scientific Journal Selection Process Jeff Clovis Director, Customer Education & Sales Support Thomson Scientific Jeff. Clovis@thomson. com

Agenda • Overview of Journal Selection Process • Impact Factor – Origins – How is it derived – In context of subject categories – In context of specific countries (Japan, Germany, Brazil) • Impact Factor in context of Thomson production process including Journal Citation Reports • How to Improve your journal. • Our Content Expansion 2 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

In-house Editorial Development Specialists – ongoing detailed journal evaluation and selection processes. The Foundation Quality Sciences – to 1900, A Century of Science Social Sciences – to 1956 Arts & Humanities – to 1975 Diversity Web of Science® Depth Coverage of over 230 disciplines in the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities Comprehensive coverage in all disciplines. Unique Data Journal selectivity, Cover-to -Cover Indexing, Diversity, Consistency, Depth. Author Cited References for over 105 years Superior Collection Development 3 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

The ISI Web of Knowledge is anchored by Thomson Scientific premium core content, complemented by carefully selected partner content, and supported by powerful tools Selected Partner Content: Thomson Scientific Premium Content • INSPEC • CAB Abstracts • Food Science & Technology Abstracts Bibliographic Resources: Journal Literature: • MEDLINE • Web of Science (SCI, SSCI, AHCI) • Current Contents Connect • BIOSIS Previews • Biological Abstracts • Zoological Record Patents: • Derwent Innovations Index Conferences/Proceedings: • ISI Proceedings Bibliographic Tools • End. Note • Reference Manager • Pro. Cite • Ref. Viz 4 Analytic Resources • Journal Citation Reports • Essential Science Indicators • Custom Research Services Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Comprehensive Coverage and Consistent Indexing • Cover to cover Indexing assures no gaps in the literature – All document types applied consistently across all titles to ensure precise searching across disciplines • Capture all cited references to articles in covered journals and to articles in journals not covered. – 38 million per year – consistently indexed standardization with rules for types of references • Expert use of citation data help ISI identify important, influential, and useful publications. Measure use by analyzing citation data. In-house database allows us quickly to do this Editors are skilled at Cited Reference searching Science vs. Social Sciences & Arts & Humanities 5 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Thomson Scientific Editorial Development • Our Goal • Build and maintain a multidisciplinary collection of world’s most important and influential international and regional journals. • Professional librarians, information specialists, graduate degrees in science or humanities. • When are journals evaluated for coverage? • On an ongoing basis throughout the year. Journal Selection Process Objective Applied consistently to ALL publishers Credible 6 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Thomson Journal Selection Process – Why be Selective? • Small number of journals publish the bulk of significant scientific results. – 8, 621 journals in SCIE and SSCI publish 814, 967 articles that receive 35, 834, 641 citations • 300 journals (4%) publish 239, 206 articles (30%) • 300 journals (4%) receive 10, 681, 596 citations ((51%) • 3, 000 journals (40%) publish 648, 906 articles (80%) • 3, 000 journals receive (40%) 19, 287, 265 citations (92%) • 2, 000 journals evaluated annually – 10% accepted • Thomson editors: information professionals; librarians; experts in the literature of their subject area. 7 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations - Traditional The Components: Ø Basic Journal Publishing Standards Ø Editorial Content Ø Citation Analysis Notes: We are “publisher-neutral”, no special consideration is given to a particular publisher. Commercial, academic, open-access, etc. – all publishers are treated the same with regard to individual journal evaluations. • Journal evaluations are “discipline-specific”, meaning that we only make comparisons of journals publishing research within the same subject category. In the Social Sciences, ISI utilizes between 50 and 60 subject categories. • 8 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations - Traditional The Components: Ø Basic Journal Publishing Standards Ø Editorial Content Ø Citation Analysis Timeliness of Publication – the ability to meet a preestablished publication schedule. This is very important, and is the reason why we typically examine three subsequently published issues at minimum, and often more. • International Publishing Conventions – complete bibliographic information for journals, articles, and • cited references. • Peer Review English language article titles, abstracts, and keywords are highly desirable – in order to reach the widest possible audience. • 9 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations - Traditional The Components: Ø Basic Journal Publishing Standards Ø Editorial Content Ø Citation Analysis • Editorial Scope -- topics covered. Desirable? -- the nature of overall content (original papers, review articles, “methods” papers, etc. ) -- appropriate intellectual level International Diversity of Editors and Authors – diversity is a very positive aspect as it serves to globalize the collection. • Subjective considerations are important here. Essentially -- “What does this journal bring to the ISI database, to our collection of influential titles? ” 10 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations - Traditional The Components: Ø Basic Journal Publishing Standards Ø Editorial Content Ø Citation Analysis Journal Level – if the journal has been in existence for several years, a citation history will be available. This of course can be extremely valuable to the process. Measure of overall Citations, and approximate Impact Factor and Immediacy Index would be typical statistics utilized. • Authors and Editors – an examination of individual citation histories for authors and editors is quite important, and in the case of a new journal is the only • indication of the potential citation influence of that publication. 11 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations - Traditional The Components: Ø Basic Journal Publishing Standards Ø Editorial Content Comparing Results and Making Selections Ø Citation Analysis Journals under evaluation are compared to journals that are already covered in the ISI database as well as other journals under evaluation – again this is done within the realm of specific subject categories. In consideration of all factors, we look to include journals that display a clear level of influence as well as enhancing the subject coverage of the ISI database. Going Forward. . . 12 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Expanded Coverage in all areas of the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities • Re-evaluation of Regional Literature in Context within the Region • Selection of the most important regional literature – Total of 2, 000 titles to be added over the next 3 year (2008 -2010) – First 680 titles are in process – Ongoing review and evaluation – additional editorial staff – Consistent editorial standards and comprehensive indexing 13 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

ISI Journal Evaluations – Moving Forward in the Social Sciences Given the great international expansion of our user base over the past five years, and the fact that much of the world’s Social Science research is “locally influenced” -- we acknowledge that ISI must modify our traditional journal evaluation procedures with regard to Social Sciences. A more “localized” view is necessary in order to better serve this international user base. How will we do this? – through communication with academic institutions in many countries where the Web of Science is widely utilized. Recommendations for key titles in the Social Sciences will be solicited. Ø What does this mean for ISI journal coverage? – over the next year, it most certainly means our expansion of coverage of non-US and non-UK social science publications. Ø 14 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Subject Category Summary List: 2006 Journal Citation Reports • Genetics & Heredity • Biotech & Appl Microbiol Many citations, Many articles. • Crystallography: Fewer citations, Fewer articles • Arts & Humanities Slow citation growth • Life Sciences Rapid citation growth 15 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Germany: Top Ten Journals Ranked by 2006 Impact Factor • Impact Factor Range: 13. 667 – 5. 017 • Industrialized nation; fully developed research infrastructure • All journals publish full text English • All journals produced by major publishers (Springer, Wiley, Elsevier) 16 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Japan: Top Ten Journals Ranked by 2006 Impact Factor • Impact Factor range: 7. 320 – 1. 963 • Industrialized nation; fully developed research infrastructure • 9 out of 10 journals publish full text English • Elsevier, Blackwell, Oxford, and Springer present 17 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Turkey: Top Journals Ranked by 2006 Impact Factor • Impact Factor range: 2. 5608 – 0. 202 • Emerging nation • Five total journals publish in SCIE • No major publisher involved. 18 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

How Can I Improve My Journal? 1. Active recruitment of high-impact articles by courting researchers 2. Offering authors better services 3. Boosting the journal’s media profile 4. More careful article selection -M. Chew, E. V. Villanueva, and M. B. Van Der Weyden, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 100 (3), 142 (2007). Thomson can help. 19 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

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The result – a manuscript created with an End. Note Word template, utilizing the Cite While You Write plug-in to insert references and create bibliographies, includes XML encoding of fields like Title, Author, Running Title, Abstract, Cited References, etc. Manuscript Central’s “Fast Pass” feature then uses this information to pre-populate corresponding fields for many of these elements in the standard submission form that all users need to complete in order to submit a manuscript. 21 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

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As the upload of the manuscript occurs, notification of the successful or unsuccessful extraction information for each required field is provided. In addition – End. Note’s XML encoding of the author’s cited references that were initially captured in Web of Science allows them to be linked back to the Web of Science full record. 23 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

Reviewers and Editors may now immediately view more descriptive information for an authors cited sources – Document Type, Abstract, Number of Times the Paper has been Cited, Author Affiliations, etc. 24 Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation

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