Emerging Sources Citation Index Explained

Emerging Sources Citation Index
Producer:	Clarivate
History:	2015–present
Disciplines:	Multidisciplinary
Geospatial:	Worldwide

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]

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 in the Journal Citation Reports. While these journals still did not receive an impact factor until the next year, they did contribute citations to the calculation of other journals' impact factors.^{[4] [5]} In July 2022, Clarivate announced that journals in the ESCI obtain an impact factor effective from JCR Year 2022 first released in June 2023.^[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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: ESCI Fact Sheet . Clarivate . 17 May 2018.
2. Web site: Web of Science platform . Available databases A to Z . Clarivate . 2015 .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=4FQ7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Emerging+Sources+Citation+Index%22&pg=PT47 Francisco J. Cantu-Ortiz: Research Analytics
4. Web site: Web of Science Journal Evaluation Process and Selection Criteria . Web of Science Group . 2020-06-25 . 2020-10-21.
5. Somoza-Fernández . Marta . Rodríguez-Gairín . Josep-Manuel . Urbano . Cristóbal . Journal coverage of the Emerging Sources Citation Index . . 31 . 3 . 2018-02-12 . 10.1002/leap.1160 . 199–204 . 51610941 . free .
6. Web site: 2022-07-26 . Clarivate announces changes to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports . 2023-08-23 . Clarivate.
7. Web site: Emerging Sources Citation Index. Taylor & Francis . 22 September 2019.
8. Web site: Beall . Jeffrey . Jeffrey Beall . The TR Master Journal List is not a Journal Whitelist . Scholarly Open Access . WordPress.com . 28 April 2016 . 28 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109064437/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/04/28/the-tr-master-journal-list-is-not-a-journal-whitelist/ . 2017-01-09.
9. Web site: Beall . Jeffrey . Bogus Iran-Based Journal Allows Up to 40% Plagiarism . Scholarly Open Access . WordPress.com . 19 July 2018 . 28 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113193046/https://scholarlyoa.com/2016/01/28/bogus-iran-based-journal-allows-up-to-40-plagiarism/ . 2016-11-13.