Web of Science^® coverage expanded

700 NEW REGIONAL JOURNALS

The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.

For more than two years, Thomson Reuters has reviewed thousands of regional journals in all areas of science, social science and arts and humanities.

The Selection Process

Although selection criteria for a regional journal are fundamentally the same as for an international journal, the importance of the regional journal is measured in terms of the specificity of its content rather than in its citation impact.
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The Impact of Intergrating the New Journals

This extended coverage can be used to focus on topics important to certain regions. The complete integration of these new journals builds a bridge between significant regional studies and the global research community — increasing the visibility of topics of regional concern and enhancing the comprehensiveness and reach of ISI Web of Knowledge.

Major benefits of having access to the new journals

• Locate more articles to be used in metrics, as they include regional coverage in their analyses of the impact of emerging trends, authors, institutions, countries and fields.
• Link from citations within new articles to other data within Web of Science.
• Have more opportunities to link successfully from article citations to the full bibliographic record and full text.