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List of Web of Science Indexed Journals 2023

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If you’re looking for credible and high-quality academic journals to publish your research, look no further than Web of Science indexed journals. Learn about what they are, how they work, and why they’re essential in this comprehensive guide.

As a researcher or academician, publishing research papers in high-impact academic journals is vital in advancing your career. However, not all journals are created equal, and it can be challenging to distinguish between those that are credible and those that are not. This is where the Web of Science-indexed journals come in.

Web of Science is a comprehensive database of scientific research that indexes over 20,000 scholarly journals, conference proceedings, and other research materials. It is widely considered one of the most reputable and reliable databases in the scientific community. In this article, we’ll look in-depth at what Web of Science-indexed journals are, how they work, and why they’re essential for academic research.

Web of Science Indexed Journals 2023

Journal name2021 JIFJIF Quartile
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS286.13Q1
LANCET202.731Q1
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE176.079Q1
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION157.335Q1
NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY113.915Q1
NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY112.288Q1
NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY108.555Q1
Lancet Respiratory Medicine102.642Q1
BMJ-British Medical Journal93.333Q1
NATURE MEDICINE87.241Q1
Lancet Microbe86.208Q1
World Psychiatry79.683Q1
NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY78.297Q1
Lancet Psychiatry77.056Q1
Nature Reviews Materials76.679Q1
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology73.082Q1
Lancet Public Health72.427Q1
CHEMICAL REVIEWS72.087Q1
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES71.421Q1
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER69.8Q1
NATURE69.504Q1
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY68.164Q1
Nature Energy67.439Q1
CELL66.85Q1
Nature Reviews Disease Primers65.038Q1
Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology65.011Q1
SCIENCE63.714Q1
CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS60.615Q1
LANCET NEUROLOGY59.935Q1
NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS59.581Q1
Psychological Science in the Public Interest56.2Q1
LANCET ONCOLOGY54.433Q1
ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY51.769Q1
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE51.598Q1
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY50.717Q1
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS50.485Q1
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS50.129Q1
Nature Reviews Cardiology49.421Q1
PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE48.165Q1
NATURE METHODS47.99Q1
NATURE MATERIALS47.656Q1
Nature Reviews Endocrinology47.564Q1
PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS46.5Q1
CELL RESEARCH46.297Q1
Joule46.048Q1
Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology45.042Q1
Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology44.867Q1
Nature Reviews Neurology44.711Q1
JAMA Internal Medicine44.409Q1
IMMUNITY43.474Q1
Living Reviews in Relativity42.9Q1
Nature Reviews Nephrology42.439Q1
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE41.787Q1
Molecular Cancer41.444Q1
NATURE GENETICS41.307Q1
Nature Catalysis40.706Q1
Nature Nanotechnology40.523Q1
CIRCULATION39.918Q1
Nature Photonics39.728Q1
Energy & Environmental Science39.714Q1
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE39.194Q1
Lancet Global Health38.927Q1
NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE38.755Q1
JOURNAL OF INFECTION38.637Q1
CANCER CELL38.585Q1
Cancer Discovery38.272Q1
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy38.104Q1
Cell Discovery38.079Q1
Lancet Child & Adolescent Health37.746Q1
Journal of Public Transportation37.667Q1
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics37.226Q1
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment37.214Q1
Lancet Digital Health36.615Q1
MMWR Recommendations and Reports36.286Q1
Nature Reviews Physics36.273Q1
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL35.855Q1
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW35.786Q1
Lancet Rheumatology35.482Q1
PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE35.339Q1
MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT35.301Q1
Military Medical Research34.915Q1
Nature Reviews Chemistry34.571Q1
GASTROENTEROLOGY33.883Q1
IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials33.84Q1
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL33.795Q1
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS33.667Q1
Nature Electronics33.255Q1
JAMA Oncology33.006Q1
Electrochemical Energy Reviews32.804Q1
Annual Review of Immunology32.481Q1
Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease32.35Q1
Nature Reviews Rheumatology32.286Q1
ADVANCED MATERIALS32.086Q1
GUT31.793Q1
Cell Metabolism31.373Q1
Cell Host & Microbe31.316Q1
PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE31.281Q1
NATURE IMMUNOLOGY31.25Q1
Nature Microbiology30.964Q1
Science Immunology30.63Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE30.528Q1
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS30.51Q1
JAMA Cardiology30.154Q1
Lancet Haematology30.153Q1
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY30.083Q1
JAMA Neurology29.907Q1
Advanced Energy Materials29.698Q1
Nature Biomedical Engineering29.234Q1
RADIOLOGY29.146Q1
MMWR Surveillance Summaries29.095Q1
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE28.771Q1
Lancet Planetary Health28.75Q1
Living Reviews in Solar Physics28.7Q1
Nature Climate Change28.66Q1
Annual Review of Plant Biology28.31Q1
NATURE CELL BIOLOGY28.213Q1
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES27.973Q1
Annual Review of Psychology27.782Q1
Science Robotics27.541Q1
Annual Review of Biochemistry27.258Q1
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY27.203Q1
Nature Sustainability27.157Q1
Dialogues in Human Geography27Q1
Materials Today26.943Q1
JAMA Pediatrics26.796Q1
JAMA Psychiatry25.911Q1
Nature Machine Intelligence25.898Q1
Chem25.832Q1
STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY25.731Q1
PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS25.617Q1
BLOOD25.476Q1
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics25.293Q1
Cell Stem Cell25.269Q1
ENDOCRINE REVIEWS25.261Q1
REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS24.946Q1
FUNGAL DIVERSITY24.902Q1
International Journal of Oral Science24.897Q1
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS24.833Q1
InfoMat24.798Q1
Advances in Optics and Photonics24.75Q1
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES24.482Q1
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH24.466Q1
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL24.319Q1
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE24.314Q1
Nature Chemistry24.274Q1
EUROPEAN UROLOGY24.267Q1
Nature Human Behaviour24.252Q1
ACS Energy Letters23.991Q1
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics23.978Q1
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS23.75Q1
Nano-Micro Letters23.655Q1
CIRCULATION RESEARCH23.213Q1
National Science Review23.178Q1
Nature Cancer23.177Q1
Journal of Hematology & Oncology23.168Q1
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN23.027Q1
DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES22.841Q1
Annual Review of Entomology22.682Q1
Trends in Chemistry22.448Q1
Annual Review of Physiology22.163Q1
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology22.098Q1
Cellular & Molecular Immunology22.096Q1
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE22.012Q1
Molecular Plant21.949Q1
TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY21.942Q1
Annual Review of Public Health21.87Q1
Carbon Energy21.556Q1
Nature Geoscience21.531Q1
BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES21.357Q1
Eurosurveillance21.286Q1
TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY21.167Q1
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES20.999Q1
Energy Storage Materials20.831Q1
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY20.693Q1
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION20.589Q1
Science Bulletin20.577Q1
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease20.441Q1
Nature Food20.43Q1
Light-Science & Applications20.257Q1
Journal of Thoracic Oncology20.121Q1
Matter19.967Q1
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS19.924Q1
Nature Metabolism19.865Q1
PhotoniX19.818Q1
Annual Review of Biophysics19.763Q1
TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY19.709Q1
PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH19.704Q1
Nature Physics19.684Q1
Emerging Microbes & Infections19.568Q1
Applied Physics Reviews19.527Q1
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION19.456Q1
CRITICAL CARE19.334Q1
MOLECULAR CELL19.328Q1
Science Translational Medicine19.319Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY19.242Q1
Academy of Management Annals19.241Q1
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY19.227Q1
Trends in Cancer19.161Q1
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH19.16Q1
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics19.118Q1
Nature Ecology & Evolution19.1Q1
Nano Energy19.069Q1
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS19.013Q1
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL18.998Q1
Nano Today18.962Q1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT18.958Q1
PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS18.923Q1
Molecular Neurodegeneration18.879Q1
ACS Central Science18.728Q1
NEURON18.688Q1
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE18.473Q1
NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY18.361Q1
TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY18.23Q1
ACS Nano18.027Q1
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE18Q1
Annual Review of Environment and Resources17.909Q1
GENOME BIOLOGY17.906Q1
ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS17.873Q1
REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS17.802Q1
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science17.727Q1
Nature Communications17.694Q1
BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES17.681Q1
CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS17.66Q1
TRENDS IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES17.638Q1
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE17.579Q1
Information Fusion17.564Q1
Advanced Science17.521Q1
Advances in Applied Mechanics17.4Q1
AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS17.39Q1
Nature Plants17.352Q1
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE17.349Q1
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles17.337Q1
HEPATOLOGY17.298Q1
HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE17.179Q1
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS17.176Q1
DIABETES CARE17.152Q1
EClinicalMedicine17.033Q1
Nature Protocols17.021Q1
SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY17.012Q1
Cell Reports Medicine16.988Q1
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES16.978Q1
Bioactive Materials16.874Q1
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL16.859Q1
Microbiome16.837Q1
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION16.823Q1
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS16.799Q1
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL16.744Q1
JAMA Surgery16.681Q1
Alzheimers & Dementia16.655Q1
Annual Review of Marine Science16.561Q1
Mycosphere16.525Q1
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION16.497Q1
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CARDIOLOGY16.464Q1
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology16.459Q1
Nature Reviews Urology16.43Q1
Journal of the American Chemical Society16.383Q1
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST16.358Q1
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE16.337Q1
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences16.304Q1
Annual Review of Microbiology16.232Q1
Nature Chemical Biology16.174Q1
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW16.161Q1
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES16.126Q1
Lancet HIV16.07Q1
JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging16.051Q1
Annual Review of Medicine16.048Q1
JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS16.036Q1
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY16.002Q1
ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA15.887Q1
Biomaterials Research15.863Q1
Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science15.817Q1
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY15.786Q1
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS15.75Q1
Materials Horizons15.717Q1
Nature Astronomy15.647Q1
ACTA NUMERICA15.583Q1
Annual Review of Neuroscience15.553Q1
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY15.487Q1
Arthritis & Rheumatology15.483Q1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS15.441Q1
Small Methods15.367Q1
JOURNAL OF MARKETING15.36Q1
npj Digital Medicine15.357Q1
Protein & Cell15.328Q1
BIOMATERIALS15.304Q1
Cancer Communications15.283Q1
TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE15.272Q1
Genome Medicine15.266Q1
BRAIN15.255Q1
IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING MAGAZINE15.204Q1
ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE15.19Q1
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS15.177Q1
Small15.153Q1
NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS15.111Q1
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY14.978Q1
Science Advances14.957Q1
One Earth14.944Q1
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY14.921Q1
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE14.91Q1
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY14.908Q1
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE14.904Q1
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B14.903Q1
Annual Review of Food Science and Technology14.714Q1
ALLERGY14.71Q1
JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS14.682Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS14.676Q1
PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH14.673Q1
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance14.557Q1
Analytic Methods in Accident Research14.556Q1
Polymer Reviews14.536Q1
Journal of Materials Chemistry A14.511Q1
JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY14.511Q1
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL VIROLOGY14.481Q1
Physical Review X14.417Q1
npj Regenerative Medicine14.404Q1
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS14.35Q1
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics14.34Q1
ACM COMPUTING SURVEYS14.324Q1
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY14.29Q1
REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY14.284Q1
OPHTHALMOLOGY14.277Q1
TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES14.264Q1
Annual Review of Virology14.263Q1
EMBO Molecular Medicine14.26Q1
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems14.255Q1
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS14.224Q1
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM14.065Q1
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE14.05Q1
QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE14.04Q1
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis14.026Q1
EMBO JOURNAL14.012Q1
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS13.994Q1
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing13.99Q1
Annual Review of Materials Research13.972Q1
METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL13.934Q1
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine13.925Q1
Asian Journal of Psychiatry13.89Q1
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW13.865Q1
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT13.85Q1
BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION13.831Q1
MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS13.828Q1
Annual Review of Genetics13.826Q1
CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH13.801Q1
ANNALS OF SURGERY13.787Q1
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT13.78Q1
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING13.716Q1
JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS13.711Q1
ACS Catalysis13.7Q1
eTransportation13.661Q1
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY13.654Q1
Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry13.622Q1
Environmental Chemistry Letters13.615Q1
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine13.609Q1
CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS13.608Q1
CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING13.6Q1
Journal of Energy Chemistry13.599Q1
Advanced Photonics13.582Q1
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology13.576Q1
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION13.569Q1
REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH13.551Q1
Evidence-Based Mental Health13.538Q1
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT13.508Q1
Energy & Environmental Materials13.443Q1
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY13.437Q1
SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS13.417Q1
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL13.417Q1
International Journal of Surgery13.4Q1
PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS13.4Q1
WATER RESEARCH13.4Q1
Autophagy13.391Q1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER VISION13.369Q1
Materials Today Nano13.364Q1
Bone Research13.362Q1
JAMA Network Open13.353Q1
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL13.352Q1
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences13.341Q1
Annual Review of Cancer Biology-Series13.34Q1
CANCER RESEARCH13.312Q1
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION13.31Q1
Foundations and Trends in Information Retrieval13.286Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY13.265Q1
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL13.263Q1
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY13.211Q1
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING13.139Q1
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY13.113Q1
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH13.081Q1
IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS13.081Q1
Journal of Sport and Health Science13.077Q1
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE13.068Q1
Molecular Systems Biology13.068Q1
MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS13.044Q1
NEURO-ONCOLOGY13.029Q1
Advanced Fiber Materials12.958Q1
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS12.92Q1
MOLECULAR THERAPY12.91Q1
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE12.905Q1
ANAESTHESIA12.893Q1
GENES & DEVELOPMENT12.89Q1
LEUKEMIA12.883Q1
TOURISM MANAGEMENT12.879Q1
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE12.857Q1
ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH12.853Q1
Engineering12.834Q1
Journal of Advanced Research12.822Q1
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY12.81Q1
AGE AND AGEING12.782Q1
Green Energy & Environment12.781Q1
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA12.779Q1
IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS12.777Q1
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA12.776Q1
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE12.771Q1
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network12.693Q1
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH12.658Q1
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior12.553Q1
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS12.545Q1
JACC-Heart Failure12.544Q1
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY12.529Q1
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer12.469Q1
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW12.444Q1
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY12.434Q1
Liver Cancer12.43Q1
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS12.425Q1
BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY12.416Q1
Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry12.4Q1
MEDICINAL RESEARCH REVIEWS12.388Q1
NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY12.329Q1
NANO LETTERS12.262Q1
npj Computational Materials12.256Q1
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS12.253Q1
PERIODONTOLOGY 200012.239Q1
EcoMat12.213Q1
npj Clean Water12.19Q1
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY12.167Q1
EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE12.153Q1
PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES12.145Q1
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW12.129Q1
PLANT CELL12.085Q1
JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR12.082Q1
JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH12.081Q1
Annual Review of Political Science12.077Q1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES12.074Q1
CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION12.067Q1
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle12.063Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY12.045Q1
EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS12.038Q1
Cancer Immunology Research12.02Q1
npj Flexible Electronics12.019Q1
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews12.008Q1
CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH11.958Q1
Annual Review of Control Robotics and Autonomous Systems11.943Q1
SPORTS MEDICINE11.928Q1
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology11.902Q1
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY11.889Q1
PHYSIOLOGY11.846Q1
TRENDS IN GENETICS11.821Q1
JAMA Dermatology11.816Q1
JNCI-Journal of the National Cancer Institute11.816Q1
Earth System Science Data11.815Q1
Journal of Magnesium and Alloys11.813Q1
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials11.806Q1
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY11.802Q1
NEUROLOGY11.8Q1
AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS11.788Q1
ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING11.774Q1
Seminars in Immunopathology11.759Q1
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY11.75Q1
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA11.719Q1
Journal of Industrial Information Integration11.718Q1
Nanoscale Horizons11.684Q1
CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW11.678Q1
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY11.677Q1
PERSOONIA11.658Q1
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics11.648Q1
Additive Manufacturing11.632Q1
Perspectives on Psychological Science11.621Q1
PLOS MEDICINE11.613Q1
Theranostics11.6Q1
Advances in Nutrition11.567Q1
BIOSCIENCE11.566Q1
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH11.561Q1
Environmental Science & Technology Letters11.558Q1
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction11.555Q1
Journal of Advanced Ceramics11.534Q1
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT11.533Q1
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS11.504Q1
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science11.5Q1
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW11.49Q1
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man Cybernetics-Systems11.471Q1
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE11.467Q1
Biochar11.452Q1
APPLIED ENERGY11.446Q1
DRUGS11.431Q1
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-REVIEWS ON CANCER11.414Q1
SLEEP MEDICINE REVIEWS11.401Q1
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW11.397Q1
TECHNOVATION11.373Q1
Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation11.36Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY11.357Q1
Tourism Geographies11.355Q1
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D AGROECONOMIE11.353Q1
Applied Mechanics Reviews11.345Q1
Small Structures11.343Q1
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering11.324Q1
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING11.322Q1
JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE MARKETING11.318Q1
CARBON11.307Q1
PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES11.278Q1
ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY11.274Q1
ECOLOGY LETTERS11.274Q1
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL11.263Q1
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS11.251Q1
COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY11.245Q1
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH11.225Q1
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge11.219Q1
ISME Journal11.217Q1
DESALINATION11.211Q1
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION11.208Q1
EBioMedicine11.205Q1
JOURNAL OF RETAILING11.19Q1
COMPUTERS & EDUCATION11.182Q1
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES11.178Q1
European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy11.177Q1
ACS Materials Letters11.17Q1
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS11.16Q1
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What is the Web of Science?

The Web of Science is an online research database owned and maintained by Clarivate Analytics. It provides access to millions of scholarly articles, conference proceedings, and other scientific literature from various disciplines, including social sciences, arts, humanities, and natural sciences. The database is regularly updated with new content, ensuring users can access the most current and relevant research.

What is Web of Science Indexed Journals?

Web of Science-indexed journals is academic journals indexed in the Web of Science database. To be indexed in the Web of Science, a journal must meet strict criteria, including a rigorous peer-review process, high editorial standards, and citation analysis of its articles. Only journals that meet these criteria are indexed in the Web of Science.

The process of indexing journals in Web of Science is essential for both researchers and journal publishers. Researchers use the Web of Science to search for relevant literature in their field of study. At the same time, publishers strive to have their journals indexed in the Web of Science to increase their visibility, prestige, and impact factor.

How does the Web of Science work?

The Web of Science uses a unique indexing system that categorizes articles based on their subject matter, author, journal, and citation. This indexing system enables users to search for articles using various search parameters, including keywords, author names, journal titles, and citation data. Users can also track citations, create citation alerts, and set up author and journal citation reports to monitor the impact of their research and identify potential collaborators.

What does the Web of Science offer?

The Web of Science offers several features and tools that make it a valuable resource for researchers and academics, including:

  • Citation Indexes: The Web of Science provides access to the Citation Indexes, which include the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. These indexes allow users to track citations and identify top-performing research.
  • ResearcherID: Researchers can create a unique ResearcherID profile on the Web of Science to manage their publication records, track citations, and showcase their research output.
  • Journal Citation Reports: The Journal Citation Reports provide users with journal-level metrics, including impact factor, citation frequency, and Eigenfactor score.
  • EndNote: The Web of Science integrates with EndNote, a reference management tool that allows users to organize and cite references in their research papers quickly.
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index: It provides access to conference proceedings from various fields, making it a valuable resource for researchers and academics.

How do Web of Science Indexed Journals Work?

The Web of Science database indexes journals using a citation analysis system. This system tracks how often an article is cited in other research papers, quantitatively measuring its impact on the field. The more a journal’s articles are cited, the higher its impact factor, indicating its importance in the area.

Web of Science uses a specific algorithm to calculate the impact factor of a journal. The algorithm considers the number of citations received by articles published in the journal in the past two years, divided by the total number of articles published in the same period.

Why is Web of Science Indexed Journals Important?

Web of Science-indexed journals are crucial for academic research for several reasons:

  • Credibility and Reputation: Indexed in the Web of Science marks quality and reliability for academic journals. It indicates that the journal has passed a rigorous peer-review process and meets high editorial standards. Researchers can trust the articles published in these journals as credible and authoritative.
  • Visibility and Impact: Journals indexed in the Web of Science have a broader readership and a higher impact factor, indicating their importance in the field. Researchers strive to publish their work in these journals to increase their visibility and impact.
  • Funding and Promotion: Researchers often need funding for their research, and funding agencies prefer to fund projects published in high-impact journals. Similarly, academic institutions promote researchers based on the quality and impact of their publications. Publishing in Web of Science-indexed journals can, therefore, significantly impact a researcher’s career.

FAQs:

What is the difference between the Web of Science and other academic databases?

The Web of Science is a curated database that includes only high-quality scientific literature, while other databases may include a broader range of content.

Can the Impact Factor be manipulated?

Some journals have been known to manipulate their Impact Factor by self-citing or publishing many review articles.

Is the Web of Science Impact Factor the only metric to evaluate scientific research?

No, there are many other metrics, including the H-index, Eigenfactor, and Altmetric score.

Can anyone access the Web of Science?

Only individuals and institutions with a valid subscription can access the Web of Science.

How often is the Web of Science updated?

The Web of Science is updated regularly, adding new content daily.

Can I download full-text articles from the Web of Science?

No, the Web of Science provides abstracts and bibliographic information, but users must have access to the full-text articles through their institution’s subscription or interlibrary loan.

How can I cite a reference from the Web of Science?

The Web of Science provides a citation export feature that allows users to export citation information in various formats, including BibTeX, EndNote, and RefWorks.

Conclusion:

The Web of Science Impact Factor is an important metric that plays a significant role in academic research. While it has some limitations, it remains a valuable tool for evaluating the quality and impact of scientific research. By understanding how the Web of Science Impact Factor works and its significance, researchers, institutions, and funding agencies can make more informed decisions about which journals to publish, which articles to fund, and which research projects to support.

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