Web of Science Journal Citation Reports 2020
Assess the world’s leading journals with publisher-neutral data.
For more than 40 years publishers, institutions, funders and researchers have relied upon Web of Science Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR) to identify the world’s leading journals in the sciences and social sciences, understand key citation impact trends, and inform their publishing strategy.
Objectivity you can trust.
Whether you’re submitting your first manuscript or managing a portfolio with thousands of publications, access to unbiased information is essential.
Journal Citation Reports is the only resource of its kind produced by publisher-neutral experts.
Expert curation:
Each journal has met our rigorous impact and quality standards.
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journal evaluation criteria
Quality control:
Journals displaying evidence of excessive self-citation or citation stacking are suppressed.
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journals suppressed in 2020 Journal Citation Reports
A multidimensional view of a journal’s impact.
When you’re evaluating a journal, you need to know more than just one number. View the relationship between article and journal citations with visualizations and linked data alongside descriptive statistics
Evaluate each journal’s profile with a complete set of journal intelligence metrics.
Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
Average JIF percentile
Open access papers and citations
Contributions by author region and affiliation
Eigenfactor score
Cited and citing half-life
Worldwide journal coverage.
Maximize the reach and influence of your work and gain an international view of the research landscape. Journal Citation Reports provide a global view of the world’s leading science and social science journals, and helps you understand which countries and institutions contribute to each journal’s performance.
Learn how Journal Citation Reports can help your organization assess the world’s leading science and social sciences journals.
