The new functionality, listed below, found in the latest release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web attempts to solve the problem of inappropriate use of Impact Factor values.
Five-Year Impact Factor : Gives a broader range of citation activity for a more informative snapshot over time.
For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to rise through several years, this allows more of their total citation activity to be included in a critical performance metric.
Eigenfactor : also a five-year metric, that uses citing journal data from the entire JCR file is designed to reflect the prestige and citation influence of journals by considering scholarly literature as a network of journal-to-journal relationships.
Graphic Displays of Impact Factor “Box Plots” : A graphic interpretation of how a journal ranks in different categories. It provides information about the distribution of journals based on Impact Factor values.
Rank-in-Category Tables for Journals Covering Multiple Disciplines : Allows a journal to be seen in the context of multiple categories at a glance rather than only a single one.
Journal “Self Citations” : An analysis of journal self citations and their contribution to the journal Impact Factor calculation.
To access the JCR on the Web go to the QUT Library homepage and select databases. In the Database title box enter jcr and select Find databases. On the next page select the database name hyperlink to connect to the database.
Or you may click the More details link to bring up a full one page description for this database.
