Information solutions provider Thomson Scientific, US, has announced that 162 regional social science journals have been added to Web of Science. The newly identified collection contains journals that target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perception or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.
For more than two years, Thomson Scientific has reviewed thousands of regional journals in all areas of science, social science and arts and humanities. 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. The recently added regional Social Science journals include 49 titles from the Asia-Pacific region and 91 from the European Union. All through 2008, Thomson Scientific will expand the current collection of journals to include a more diverse coverage of regional literature. All journals added to the Web of Science will go through a rigorous selection process.
Web of Science is a carefully selected and maintained collection of the world's most influential journals across all disciplines. Coverage is multidisciplinary with emphasis on quality and superior collection development and can be accessed via ISI Web of Knowledge, a premier research platform that offers an extensive collection of backfiles to 1945.
