Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Using ISI to measure journal impact

Suppose that you are trying to see the level of impact a specific journal has. Using the ISI web of science you can figure this out--

1. Go to http://lib.byu.edu/

2. Click Journal Citation Reports (ISI)

3. Click "social science" (in my case) and subject of interest.

4. Sort journals by impact.

--note--obviously this isn't the only important factor to consider in selecting a journal, I just thought it was cool. I still need to learn more about how to use this tool. If you have ideas, please let me know.



1 comment:

Charles Graham said...

Cabells that we talked about before typically lists acceptance rates and readership. Those two factors together can also indicate to some extent the quality of the journal.