As far as I know, journals have to "apply" in order to be indexed by
ISI, and even so there is a selection process before it can be
considered an "ISI journal". Since it is ISI who calculates impact
factors, all journals that are not indexed by it live in the same black
hole.
More info here:
http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/free/essays/journal_selection_process/
Best,
Thiago Sanna Freire Silva
PhD - Geography
MSc - Remote Sensing
BSc(Hons) - Biology
Sessional Instructor
Department of Geography
University of Victoria
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www.thiagosilva.wordpress.com
Thomas Shannon wrote:
Hilit,
It would appear as though you've discovered an academic black hole. Not only
is it seemingly impossible to find an impact factor for this journal, but
the ISI Web of Science search engine neither recognizes the journal nor any
of the papers published in the journal all the way back to the late 90's.
You may need to email Springer (the publisher). It would be interesting to
find out why they are not searched by ISI.
