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Finding Impact Factors Using JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS, Science Ed.

LOCATION Available online (non-UT users are restricted to on-campus use)

DESCRIPTION JCR allows you to analyze journals in the science fields.  With JCR you can determine which journals have been most frequently cited and the number of articles published in a journal within a particular year (or years). How does JCR do this?  JCR provides journal impact factors.  An impact factor is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year. The impact factor will help you evaluate a journal's relative importance, particularly when compared to other journals in the same field.  HELP sites JCR Web Tutorial: http://scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/jcr4/ JCR Glossary: http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/help/h_glossary.htm Need more help using JCR?  Please ask at the circulation desk. Library reference staff will be happy to assist you!