LibGuides: Citation Research & Impact Metrics: Journal Metrics Sources

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a product of Clarivate Analytics. This database provides impact factors and rankings of many journals in the sciences and social sciences. You can either search via a journal name, browse by journals, or browse by categories. In addition, JCR provides a five-year impact factor and visualized trend data.

Find Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and Journal Ranking in JCR

Step 1: Connect to JCR.

Step 2: Enter the journal title and click on the matching journal.

Step 3: You will be brought to the Journal Profile page, where you can view the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), 5 Year JIF and other key indicators such as ranking with subject category and quartile.

Note:

The quartile is given as Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 where Q1 indicates that the journal is in the top 25% of its subject category (Tier 1).

Detailed Instructions on how to find the Journal Ranking (based on 5 Year JIF) in JCR

SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) website assesses and analyses journal and country rankings based on Scopus data. Journals can be searched by publisher, journal name or ISSN. Each journal page provides metrics such as the journal's H-index, its SJR and subject area quartile.

Find Journal Ranking in SJR

Step 1: Connect to SJR.

Step 2: Enter the journal title and click the magnifier icon.

Step 3: Note the subject area and category of the selected journal. If there is more than one subject area and category, select the one closest to your field or nature of your publications.

Step 4: In the main screen, enter the subject area and category, type of publication (Journals), then click Apply.

Step 5: Sort the results by clicking on Cites / Doc. (2years). Make sure that the results are in descending order of Cites / Doc. (2years).

Step 6: Click Download data to export the ranking of journals under this subject area and category to an excel CSV file. Note the total number of journals under this subject area and category.

Note: Do not make changes to the downloaded csv file before the conversion in Step 6 so as not to affect the formatting.

Step 7: To open the csv file, start Excel with a blank workbook open. In the Data tab, click Get Data > From File > From Text/CSV. Select the file to open, click Import then Load.