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Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is an annual publication by Clarivate Analytics providing comprehensive citation metrics and performance analytics for journals indexed in Web of Science Core Collection. Launched in 1975, JCR publishes Impact Factor, the most widely recognized journal quality metric, alongside supplementary metrics (5-year IF, Journal Citation Indicator, Immediacy Index, Cited Half-Life, and citation distribution analysis). JCR is the authoritative source for journal ranking, benchmarking, and impact assessment in research evaluation systems globally. Access requires institutional subscription, though some institutions provide free access to affiliated researchers.

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Source record

Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Platform
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / bibliometrics
  • Clarivate Analytics. (2024). Journal Citation Reports. Retrieved from https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/journal-citation-reports/ · URL
  • Clarivate Analytics. (2023). JCR Methodology Overview. https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/essays/journal-citation-reports-methodology/ · URL
  • Garfield, E. (1979). Citation indexing: Its theory and applications in science, technology, and humanities. Philadelphia: ISI Press. · URL
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Curated claims

Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.

No curated claims yet

This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.

Related methods

Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.

Same method familyH-Indexmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyJournal Impact Factormachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySCImago Journal Rankmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyScopus Databasemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyWeb of Science Databasemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

Evidence status

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

3 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

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