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Emerging Sources Citation Index

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a supplement to Web of Science Core Collection launched by Clarivate Analytics in 2015 to expand journal coverage beyond the traditional Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). ESCI includes high-quality, peer-reviewed journals that are newer, from underrepresented geographic regions, or from emerging disciplines not yet established in traditional indexes. Unlike SCI-E/SSCI journals, ESCI journals do not initially receive Impact Factor calculations. However, ESCI serves as a pathway: journals demonstrating sustained citation impact and adherence to quality standards may be promoted to SCI-E/SSCI and gain Impact Factor recognition. ESCI addresses systematic geographic and disciplinary biases in traditional indexing by including quality journals from developing economies, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

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Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / bibliometrics
  • Clarivate Analytics. (2024). Emerging Sources Citation Index. Retrieved from https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/web-of-science-core-collection/ · URL
  • Clarivate. (2019). Web of Science Expands with Emerging Sources Citation Index. https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/blog/ · URL
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Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

2 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

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