What is the difference between ESCI and SCIE journals?

 The main difference between ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) and SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded) journals is their coverage and indexing criteria. Here are the main points:

ESCI journals:

• ESCI is part of the Web of Science database and was published as a journal index in 2015 by Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate Analytics).

• ESCI contains peer-reviewed publications on regionally important and emerging scientific fields. It covers a wider range of international publications and therefore a wider range of regional or specialist fields/regions.

• The indexing in ESCI is made cover-to-cover, meaning that for each paper, all the authors, author affiliations, abstracts, keywords, funding acknowledgments, and cited references are captured.

• ESCI journals do not have an impact factor, but every year the journals in this directory are evaluated. Journals that consistently maintain higher publication quality have a higher chance of being included in SCIE.

• The ESCI database currently contains more than 3 million records and 74.4 million cited references from 2005 to today.

SCIE Journals:

• SCIE is also included in the Web of Science database and is a larger collection of journals than SCI (Science Citation Index).

• SCIE stands for Science Citation Index Expanded and contains a curated collection of over 9,200 of the world’s most influential journals in 178 disciplines.

• SCIE indexing is similar to SCI, but covers a wider range of journals and avoids overlap with SCI.

• SCIE has a rigorous selection process in which in-house editors use 28 criteria during the selection and curation process to select the most influential journals in their field.

• SCIE includes an impact factor that measures the average number of citations to articles published in a journal. This factor helps researchers evaluate the quality and impact of a journal.

 In summary, the main difference between ESCI and SCIE journals is that ESCI focuses on regional relevance and emerging disciplines, while SCIE is a larger collection of high-impact journals from a range of disciplines. ESCI journals are indexed cover to cover, while SCIE journals have a rigorous selection process and have an impact factor.