Comparison of Web of Science and Scopus Impact Factors of Indian Journals

Authors

Aragudige Nagaraja, SriKrishna Institute of TechnologyFollow
M. Vasanthakumar, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical SciencesFollow

Date of this Version

2-2011

Comments

Published in Library Philosophy and Practice (2011) 6 p.

Abstract

Database coverage of Indian journals in Web of Science and Scopus were identified. Impact factor from Journal Citation Reports 2008. SCImago journal rank indicator of Indian journals was tabulated and compared. It was found that Scopus covers more impact factor-tracked Indian journals, while Web of Science covers 45 Indian journals with impact factor.