February 22, 2016 |


James Hardcastle,


Research Manager






What is the Emerging Sources Citation Index?


What is the Emerging Sources Citation Index?

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) was launched in late 2015
as a new database within Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science.  Around 3,000
journals were selected for coverage at launch, spanning the full range
of subject areas, and the database will continue to expand at a slower
rate during 2016.


What are the requirements for indexing?

The selection process for ESCI is the first step in applying to the
Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Journals accepted for coverage in ESCI must
be peer reviewed, follow ethical publishing practices, meet technical
requirements, have English language bibliographic information, and be
recommended or requested by a scholarly audience of Web of Science
users.


All journals submitted for evaluation to the core Web of Science
databases will now initially be evaluated for the ESCI, and if
successful, indexed in the ESCI while undergoing the more in-depth
editorial review. Timing for ESCI evaluation will follow Thomson
Reuters' priorities for expanding database coverage, rather than the
date that journals were submitted for evaluation. If a journal is
accepted from the ESCI to another database it will no longer be covered
in the ESCI. Journals indexed in the ESCI can opt not to be considered
for further evaluation at that time if it is felt that it needs to
improve its citation profile before evaluation for the flagship indexes.


ESCI in Web of Science

Journals indexed in the ESCI will not receive Impact Factors;
however, the citations from the ESCI will now be included in the
citation counts for the Journal Citation Reports, therefore contributing
to the Impact Factors of other journals.


If your journal is indexed in the ESCI it will be discoverable via
the Web of Science with an identical indexing process to any other
indexed journal, with full citation counts, author information and other
enrichment. Articles in ESCI indexed journals will be included in an
author’s H-Index calculation, and also any analysis conducted on Web of
Science data or related products such as InCites. Taylor & Francis
can also use this data to provide you with a more detailed understanding
of your journals citation performance.


What are the benefits?

Indexing in the ESCI will improve the visibility of a journal,
provides a mark of quality and is good for authors. We have already seen
examples of institutions and funders suggesting publication in an ESCI
listed journal, similar to what already takes places with other Web of
Science databases.



Published: February 22, 2016 | Author:

James Hardcastle,


Research Manager



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