Wu, XF (Wu, Xiu-fang); Fu, Q (Fu, Qiang); Rousseau, R (Rousseau, Ronald) On indexing in the Web of Science and predicting journal impact factor JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE B, 9 (7): 582-590 JUL 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/b55650x882133375/fulltext.pdf

E-mail Address: jzus at zju.edu.cn; fuqiang at zju.edu.cn; 
ronald.rousseau at khbo.be 

Author(s): Wu, XF (Wu, Xiu-fang); Fu, Q (Fu, Qiang); Rousseau, R 
(Rousseau, Ronald) 

Title: On indexing in the Web of Science and predicting journal impact 
factor 

Source: JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE B, 9 (7): 582-590 JUL 2008

Language: English 

Document Type: Editorial Material 

Author Keywords: WoS (Web of Science); JCR (Journal Citation Reports); 
citation analysis; predicted impact factors 

Abstract: We discuss what document types account for the calculation of 
the journal impact factor (JIF) as published in the Journal Citation 
Reports (JCR). Based on a brief review of articles discussing how to 
predict JIFs and taking data differences between the Web of Science (WoS) 
and the JCR into account, we make our own predictions. Using data by cited-
reference searching for Thomson Scientific's WoS, we predict 2007 impact 
factors (IFs) for several journals, such as Nature, Science, Learned 
Publishing and some Library and Information Sciences journals. Based on 
our colleagues' experiences we expect our predictions to be lower bounds 
for the official journal impact factors. We explain why it is useful to 
derive one's own journal impact factor. 

Addresses: Zhejiang Univ Press, Journals Zhejiang Univ SCIENCE A&B, 
Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China; Zhejiang Univ Press, Hangzhou 310028, 
Peoples R China; Katholieke Univ Leuven, KHBO Assoc, B-8400 Oostende, 
Belgium; Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steupunt O&O Indicatoren, B-3000 Louvain, 
Belgium 

Reprint Address: Wu, XF, Zhejiang Univ Press, Journals Zhejiang Univ 
SCIENCE A&B, Hangzhou 310027, Peoples R China. 

E-mail Address: jzus at zju.edu.cn; fuqiang at zju.edu.cn; 
ronald.rousseau at khbo.be 

Cited Reference Count: 37 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ZHEJIANG UNIV 

Publisher Address: EDITORIAL BOARD, 20 YUGU RD, HANGZHOU, 310027, PEOPLES 
R CHINA 

ISSN: 1673-1581 

DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0840001 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J ZHEJIANG UNIV-SCI B 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Zhejiang Univ.-SCI. B 

Source Item Page Count: 9 

Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biotechnology & 
Applied Microbiology 

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