Release notes - July 6, 2023
Web of Science Journals API
The 2023 update to the Web of Science Journal Citation Reports (JCR) occurred on June 28th (see announcement at https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-unveils-journal-citation-reports-2023-a-trusted-resource-to-support-research-integrity-and-promote-accurate-journal-evaluation/ for more information). The Journals API dataset was also updated June 28 to include the newly released data. The 2023 update includes journal metrics data for 2022.
Journal Impact Factors are now rounded to one decimal place for 2022 data and beyond. Between June 28 and July 6, the Journals API returned data for ‘jifWithoutSelfCitations’ to three decimal places. As of this release, the data for this field has been updated to match data provided through the JCR platform.