Emerging Sources Citation Index

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a citation index produced since 2015 by Thomson Reuters and now by Clarivate. According to the publisher, the index includes "peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging scientific fields".[1]

Emerging Sources Citation Index
ProducerClarivate (Canada and Hong Kong)
History2015–present
Coverage
DisciplinesMultidisciplinary
Geospatial coverageWorldwide
Links
Websiteclarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/webofscience-esci/

The ESCI is accessible through the Web of Science, together with other Clarivate indexes.[2][3] As of June 2021, all journals indexed in ESCI are also included within the Journal Citation Reports. While these journals still do not receive an impact factor (IF), they do contribute citations to the calculation of other journals' impact factors.[4][5]

As of July 2022, Clarivate announced that IF will be expanded to include journals in the ESCI.[6]

Inclusion criteria

To be included in the ESCI, journals must be:[7]

  • Peer reviewed
  • Follow ethical publishing practices
  • Meet technical requirements
  • Have English language bibliographic information
  • Be recommended or requested by a scholarly audience of Web of Science users

Criticism

Jeffrey Beall argued that among the databases produced by Clarivate, the ESCI is the easiest one to get into and that as a result it contains many predatory journals.[8][9]

References
  1. "ESCI Fact Sheet" (PDF). Clarivate. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. Web of Science platform (2015). "Available databases A to Z". Clarivate Analytics.
  3. Francisco J. Cantu-Ortiz: Research Analytics
  4. "Web of Science Journal Evaluation Process and Selection Criteria". Web of Science Group. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  5. Somoza-Fernández, Marta; Rodríguez-Gairín, Josep-Manuel; Urbano, Cristóbal (2018-02-12). "Journal coverage of the Emerging Sources Citation Index". Learned Publishing. 31 (3): 199–204. doi:10.1002/leap.1160. S2CID 51610941.
  6. "Clarivate announces changes to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports". Clarivate. 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  7. "Emerging Sources Citation Index". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. Beall, Jeffrey (28 April 2016). "The TR Master Journal List is not a Journal Whitelist". Scholarly Open Access. WordPress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  9. Beall, Jeffrey (28 January 2016). "Bogus Iran-Based Journal Allows Up to 40% Plagiarism". Scholarly Open Access. WordPress.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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