JCR for citation analysis

Abstract

Since its debut in 1975, JCR has been an essential journal evaluation tool in the field of library and information sciences. The basic listing of Journal Rankings includes the following five fundamental figures. Two total figures of Total Cites & Total Articles and three statistical indices of Impact Factor, Immediacy Index & Cited Half-Life. JCR has been providing the multilateral journal citation analysis reports and the newly released CD-ROM version now available for more flexible and easy-to-use navigation. The ISI's statistical analysis figures are becoming of the criteria for selecting the journals to subscribe, with the fact that Impact Factor and Immediacy Index are now imprinted in the academic society journals catalog such as AIP.