Journal citation reports on the web

Annual publication covering academic journals

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is an annual publication by Clarivate.^[1] It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection.

Journal citation reports on the web

It provides information about academic journals in the natural and social sciences, including impact factors. JCR was originally published as a part of the Science Citation Index. Currently, the JCR, as a distinct service, is based on citations compiled from the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index.^[2] As of the 2023 edition, journals from the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Emerging Sources Citation Index have also been included.^[3]

Basic journal information

The information given for each journal includes:

• the basic bibliographic information of publisher, title abbreviation, language, ISSN
• the subject categories (there are 254 subj