Journal metrics from Web of ScienceJournal metrics from Web of Science

Metrics available

The list below shows which metrics are provided by the WoS Journal API 

Notice: When running the job, we check each journal for new metrics every 6 months. So if you run your journal metrics job in April, we will check for new metrics again in October.

Manually added to Journal editor (requires subscription - needed for access to the data):

• Category Impact factor
  • Rank
  • Quartile
  • JIP Percentile

Updating metrics:

Metrics from WoS can be added to Pure in 3 ways:

• Synchronised from WoS via the Journal API: 
  • To enable the automatic import of metrics for the WoS Journals API go to: Administrator > Integrations > Web of Science Journal metrics
  • Insert the API key for your institution's subscription to the WoS Journals API. Start the job.
  • Metrics from Pure are added by matching on ISSN numbers in Pure. 
  • Note: 
    • If the journal has more than one ISSN listed in the Pure record, Pure will select the first ISSN in the list when retrieving data from WoS.
    • Similarly, if WoS has more than one record for the same journal, Pure will retrieve metrics from the journal record listed first. For licensing reasons, it is not possible for Pure to merge metrics from multiple external records.
• Uploaded via Spreadsheet:
  • Metrics from WoS Journal Citation report can be uploaded to the journal record in Pure using a CSV file (this can be downloaded from InCites Journal Citation Report).
  • This can be done by navigating to Administration tab → Citations and Impact factors → JCR Impact factors.
  • To upload the metrics use the example file to populate the spreadsheet. All metrics are yearly metrics and should be uploaded to Pure one year at the time, with a new file for each year.
  • Journals are matched by ISSN number.
• Manually adding Category based metrics: 
  • Category-based metrics (Rank, Quartile, JIF Percentile) can be added to the individual journal template manually. 
  • To do so, open the journal in question → Metrics tab → Add metrics → Category Impact Factors.

Available in Pure:

The WoS metrics are stored in the Journal editor.

The rating is shown in the short renderer of a journal (eg. for searching for a journal to add to a Research Output). (Note: this can be adjusted - see: Admin → Journals → Metrics visibility for associated metrics.)

Pure portal:

WoS journal ratings are not available in Pure portal.

Available in reporting:

WoS metrics are reportable from version 5.27.0 forward. Prior to this release only a few WoS metrics were reportable.