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Notes (c) Science Citation Index - Journal Citation Reports (JCR), 1974 - Annual: This publication
is a unique cito-analytical product, and functioning as a mine of information for all-
important scientific and technical journals of the world. It provides ranked list of journals
by total citations, impact factor, immediacy index, and the number of previous two years
citations in the references of the current year issues of SCI source journals. It also provides
lists of SCI journals by category, ranked by impact factor besides other parameters, the
journal Half-life package section comprises cumulative chronological distributions of
citations from citing to cited journals, and journals ranked by half-life. Citing and cited
journal listings along with the distribution of citations in various journals over different
years are also given. JCR is also available in CD-ROM (Annual) and Microfiche (Annual)
formats.

Social Sciences Citation Index

(a) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Philadelphia: ISI 1973: It provides access to over
1700 leading Social Sciences journals in various disciplines as well as selected relevant
items from over 3300 leading scientific and technical journals of the world. It also covers
some monographs. Indexes are on the pattern of SCI. It is available in various physical
formats and media.
(b) Social Sciences Citation Index with Abstract, 1992 - Monthly (12/year): CD-ROM Format
in eleven cumulative updates with twelfth disc as an annual cumulation. Back volumes are
available through 1992.
(c) Social Sciences Citation Index-journal Citation Reports.
JCR is also available in CD-ROM (Annual) and Microfiche (Annual) formats.

All these three important citation indexes are available under one umbrella online.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Philadelphia: ISI 1978

It provides access to over 1150 leading arts and humanities journals and includes individually
selected items from over 6,800 relevant science and social science and journals in a broad range
of several disciplines. Print form is published six times a year and CD ROM three times a year.
First issue of CD-ROM was produced in 1992.

13.6.3 Current Contents

Current Contents (CC) and Current Contents with Abstracts (CCA) of all subjects are available in a
varied range of physical formats. CCs are published every week in paper format and diskettes.
CCAs are available in diskettes as well as CD-ROMS. Each issue of CCs and CCAs has a table of
contents.

Example:

Current Contents Abstracts: Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, 1970
Current Contents with Abstracts: Clinical Medicines, 1973
Current Contents with Abstracts: Engineering, Computing and Technology

Current Contents with Abstracts: Life Sciences, 1958
Current Contents with Abstracts: Physical/Chemical and Earth Sciences, 1961
Current Contents Abstracts: Social and Behavioral Science, 1969

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