How to know if one journal is a SSCI or SCI journal?

SCI stands for science citation index, and SSCI stands for social science citation index. I personally do not think SCI and SSCI are very important in American academia; however, in some countries, such as Taiwan and China, SSCI and SCI are used to rank universities. In this situation, knowing your target journal is SCI or SSCI journal is critical.

A couple ways to achieve this goal.

1) Check out at SCI and SSCI official site (recommendation: 4 out of 5)


SCI: http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=D
SSCI: http://www.thomsonscientific.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=J

Take SSCI site for example. If I want to know if Foreign Language Annals is a SSCI journal, simply typing foreign in the search box.

Hit search and you will see the results. Voila, it is a SSCI journal.



The second approach (recommendation: 5 out of 5) is to use the following site:

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/info/sci_search.php?lang=2

This site is self-explanatory, and I do not see the need to do any screen capturing. 


The third approach is to use Web of Science (recommendation: 3 out of 5), but it requires annual subscription. Please check your library and see if they subscribe it.


http://apps.isiknowledge.com/WOS_GeneralSearch_input.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&preferencesSaved=

Select  publication name and type foreign l*.

Click analyze result.


It will shoe fields that you can analyze. Since we are looking for the journal, please choose source title ad click analyze.


The fourth approach is to use Journal Citation Report, but this one also require library subscription (recommendation: 4 out of 5).


http://admin-apps.isiknowledge.com/JCR/JCR

Endnote: Using Filter to import from CSA ILLUMINA (EndNote X4 compatible)

If you are in psychology or education, you would probably use CSA Illumina or Psycinfo a great deal. Sometimes you need to save time by importing references from CSA Illumina or Psycinfo. It is important to note that the correct filter is required for everything to work properly.

How do we do that?

I used an article from CSA Illumina for example：Melby, J. N., Conger, R. D., Fang, S.-A., Wickrama, K. A. S., & Conger, K. J. (2008). Adolescent family experiences and educational attainment during early adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 44(6), 1519-1536. 

After locating the file, you will see a “Save, Print, Email” option at the top. Click it.


Choose current view record and use full format without references. I personally do not like to import references from the article because these references may not meet your requirements
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Then click “save”



Open this txt using endnote.exe, and EndNote will ask you to choose the right filter. We selected e-psyche (CSA).



The reference should then appear in your endnote library.

Endnote: Inputing the name of orgnizations

Today, while I was typing a reference by Society for Technology in Education, the following picture appeared:



That means that it was messed up! Endnote had treated it as the name of a person, but that is not what I wanted. 

When you type a reference written by an organization, you have to perform one additional step. You have to type ",," (without quote) at the end of the name:



And it works!


Simple tips are really important!!

EndNote X3 for Windows realeased!

The new version of Endnote for windows was realeased on June 17, 2009. There are many new features:

• Format bibliographies in OpenOffice.org Writer 3
• Group references and locate full text in new ways
• Find More Full Text with EZProxy
• Work on the desktop and Web

Students in North America can purchase EndNote X3 for $115.95 USD with a valid student I.D.

Endnote: import BibTex format

Endnote does not have an import filter for Bibtex format. However, Zotero or Jabref can be used to convert your bibliography. If you would prefer not to install additional programs on your computer, you could also try a tool here: http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~tapted/bib2endnote.html This tool is capable of converting Endnote generated xml format from Bibtex. We have provided a syntax Bibtex file with which to practice: http://people.umass.edu/kbj/homepage/index_johnson.htm

Download bib2endnote.jar from the first website mentioned above. Ensure that you have Java Virtual Machine installed, run this tool, and open your bib file.



Be patient. It may require several minutes before you see the file in xml format in the right panel. Remember to save it.

 

Run Endnote and begin the import.



Select your xml file, and remember to choose Endnote generated XML format under import option.

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