Islamic World Science Citation Database

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Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) is a citation index established by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology after it was approved by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It only indexes journals from the Islamic world.

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It was announced in Baku, Azerbaijan during the Fourth Islamic Conference of the Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research held in October 2008. [1] It is managed by the Islamic World Science Citation Center, located in Shiraz.

In 2009, ISC partnered with Scopus that allows ISC's publications to be indexed in Scopus. [2]

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References

  1. Wagdy Sawahel (17 October 2008). "Islamic countries to get own science citation index". SciDev.Net.
  2. Ahmed Rostom (August 2009). "The Islamic World Science Citation Database partnership with Scopus brings greater visibility to Islamic researchers". Library Connect . 7 (3). ISSN   1549-3725. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-10-22.