Selected Journals Provide Insight to Scientific Issues That Are Unique to Certain Global Regions

Philadelphia , PA - May 27, 2008 - The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced that 700 new regional journals have been added to Web of Science. The newly identified collection contains journals that typically target a regional rather than international audience by approaching subjects from a local perspective or focusing on particular topics of regional interest.

For more than two years, Thomson Reuters has reviewed thousands of regional journals in all areas of science, social science and arts and humanities. Although selection criteria for a regional journal are fundamentally the same as for an international journal, the importance of the regional journal is measured in terms of the specificity of its content rather than in its citation impact.

“Web of Science is regarded as the premier choice in the industry because we focus on the quality of the journals we select -- not quantity of journals indexed,” said Jim Testa, senior director, editorial development and publisher relations at Thomson Reuters. “By expanding the scope of the regional journal selection process, coverage of material that previously was only available on a limited basis through a few international journals is now accessible in far greater depth to the entire Web of Science community. The addition of these first 700 journals will provide meaningful insight to scientific issues that are unique to particular regions throughout the world.”

All journals added to the Web of Science go through a rigorous selection process. To meet stringent criteria for selection, regional journals must be published on time, have English-language bibliographic information (title, abstract, keywords), and cited references must be in the Roman alphabet. The added journals cover the subject areas of Arts and Humanities, Agriculture Biology & Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Computing & Technology, Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Science.

For more information, please visit http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com.

For a list of the journals by region and subject area, contact Sue Besaw at susan.besaw@thomsonreuters.com.

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