Journal Citation Reports: The Place to Find Impact Factors
The California Digital Library has recently licensed the electronic version of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) for all 10 campuses in the UC system. UCLA researchers have had access to these reports since 2001. JCR provides quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data, measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals.
JCR is available for the sciences and the social sciences and can be helpful when selecting journals to publish your writing or locating impact factors for peer review documentation or grant applications.
Note that the JCR data only goes through 2007 at this point. JCR’s methods require a full calendar year of data be collected. 2008 data will be analyzed beginning in 2009, and the information on 2008 journals will likely be available in fall 2009.
