how to find journals with impact factor, part 2: step-by-step instruction

How to find journals with impact factor at theWeb of Science platform

Sergey Paramonov, PhDDarya Bukhtoyarova

Customer Education SpecialistsScientific & Scholarly Research

Access Web of Science

webofscience.com

Choose the database:WEB OF SCIENCE CORE COLLECTION

Choose the field: TOPIC

Type your query (2-3 keywords in English)

Then press Search

Choose the subject category

Then press Refine

Go to Publication Years on the Refine Results panel

To see all years, choosemore options / values…

Sort by Alphabetical order

Choose publication dates relevant to you

Use Refine button to see selected years only.

Use Exclude button to see everything except selected years.

Go to Source Titles on the Refine Results panel

To see the entire list, choose

more options / values…

Finding journals for publishing your research

As a general rule, the first 5-10 journals in the list will be most similar in scope

to your request.

Write these titles down or save them on your computer.

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (1)

Click on the title of any article from the journal of

interest.

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (2)

In full record, you will see the bibliographic information about the article and the journal. If the journal has an impact factor, you will see the View Journal Information link.

If you do not see this link, the journal does not have an impact factor.

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (3)

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (4)

In the full record, find the Journal Information section. If the journal has an

impact factor, you will see the Journal Citation Reports link underneath.

If you do not see this link, the journal does not have an impact factor.

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (5)

You will see the latest impact factor

for this journal on the graph and

underneath it.

Write down or save this information for the journal of your

interest.

Finding impact factor of a journal in WEB OF SCIENCE (6)

To find a journal in Web of Science, go to the

Search page

Select the Publication Name field. Start typing the journal title – you will see suggested options appearing. Select the journal you

need and press Search.

Finding impact factor of a journal in Journal Citation Reports (1)

Finding impact factor of a journal in Journal Citation Reports (2)

Choose the JCR Science Edition or JCR Social Sciences Edition index, depending your journal of interest.

Click Search for a specific journal on the right.

Finding impact factor of a journal in Journal Citation Reports (3)

Type the full title of the journal and click

Search

Finding impact factor of a journal in Journal Citation Reports (4)

You will see the latest impact factor in the table.

Write down or save this number for your journal of

interest.

Finding journals by subject category (1)

Choose the JCR Science Edition or JCR Social Sciences Edition index, depending your journal of interest.

Click View a group of journals by on the right and choose the Subject Category option.

Finding journals by subject category (2)

Choose the subject category you need and

click Submit

Finding journals by subject category (3)

Under Sort by, choose Impact Factor and

click Sort Again

Finding journals by subject category (4)

To find articles of a journal from this list, perform a

search in Web of Science, as described in slide 16.

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