Dear Heather and list followers,
The inclusion in Web of Knowledge does not in itself help dissemination
much. The key question to my mind if this means that all Scielo journals
after a couple of years will get impact factors. If that is the case the
number of OA journals in JCR will double.
The following news item should be of interest. It also demonstrates the
importance of national and regional portals like Scielo, Redalcy and
others for promoting access.
Thomson Reuters Spotlights Emerging Research Centers with the Addition
of SciELO Database to Web of Knowledge
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this, Bo-Christer!
Two questions:
1. Does, or will, Thomson Reuters offer free searching for open access content?
2. Will authors and institutions contributing to Scielo and/or Redalyc get free
access to Web of Knowledge? If this is not the case, this may
