A citation index is a kind of bibliographic index, an index of citations between publications, allowing the user to easily establish which later documents cite which earlier documents. A form of citation index is first found in 12th-century Hebrew religious literature. Legal citation indexes are found in the 18th century and were made popular by citators such as Shepard's Citations (1873). In 1961, Eugene Garfield's Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) introduced the first citation index for papers published in academic journals, first the Science Citation Index (SCI), and later the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). American Chemical Society converted its printed Chemical Abstract Service into internet-accessible SciFinder in 2008. The first automated citation indexing was done by CiteSeer in 1997 and was patented. Other sources for such data include Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Elsevier's Scopus, and the National Institutes of Health's iCite.
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a website that hosts a community-curated list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA). It was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals.
ChemComm, formerly known as Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications (1969–1971), Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (1972–1995), is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. It covers all aspects of chemistry. In January 2012, the journal moved to publishing 100 issues per year. The current chair of the editorial board is Douglas Stephan, while the executive editor is Richard Kelly.
BMC Ecology and Evolution, previously BMC Evolutionary Biology (2001–2020), is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all fields of evolutionary biology, including phylogenetics and palaeontology. It was established in 2001 and is part of a series of BMC journals published by BioMed Central.
Critical Care is an online open access peer-reviewed medical journal covering intensive-care medicine. The founding editor and the current editor-in-chief is Jean-Louis Vincent of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Critical Care was established in 1997 and is currently published by BioMed Central.
PeerJ is an open access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences. It officially launched in June 2012, started accepting submissions on December 3, 2012, and published its first articles on February 12, 2013.
Cardiovascular Diabetology is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering the intersection of cardiology and diabetology, meaning the connection between diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. It is published by BioMed Central and was established in 2002, with Enrique Fisman and Alexander Tenenbaum as founding editors-in-chief. Alexander Tenenbaum died in 2022.
The Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed, Open Access medical journal sponsored by Rambam Health Care Campus covering medical research, in the spirit of Maimonides. The journal was established in July 2010 and the editor-in-chief is Shraga Blazer.
BMJ Open is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal that is dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. It is published by BMJ and considers all research study types, from protocols through phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small, specialist studies, and negative studies.
Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal published by the Royal Society since September 2014. Its launch was announced in February 2014. It covers all scientific fields and publishes all articles which are scientifically sound, leaving any judgement of impact to the reader. As of 2022, the editor-in-chief, Wendy Hall, is supported by a team of subject editors and associate editors. Commissioning and peer review for the chemistry section of the journal is managed by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The journal offers Registered Reports across all subject disciplines, and Replications as a formal article type in the Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Section, though the journal welcomes replications in other disciplines, too. In 2021, the journal launched a new 'Science, Society and Policy' section of the journal.
Epigenetics & Chromatin is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by BioMed Central that covers the biology of epigenetics and chromatin.
Biomolecules is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering various aspects of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology research. It is published by MDPI and was established in 2011.
Biosensors is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering various aspects of biosensor technology, analytical chemistry, and biotechnology research. It is published by MDPI and was established in 2011.
The Insects is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of entomology published monthly by MDPI since 2010. The editor-in-chief is Brian T. Forschler from. The journal is affiliated with the American Association of Professional Apiculturists. According to the 2021 edition of the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.769, ranking 18th out of 102 in 'Entomology'. CiteScore 2020 (Scopus): 2.3, which equals rank 59/153 in 'Insect Science'.
Recycling is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering various aspects of recycling, sustainability, and waste management. It is published by MDPI and was established in 2016.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering biomedical research with a particular focus on signal transduction and its application to the drug development process. It was established in 2016 and is published by Nature Research. The editors-in-chief are Carlo M. Croce, Kang Zhang, and Yu-Quan Wei. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 40.8.
Implementation Science is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal in healthcare that was established in 2006. It focuses on studies of implementation research from the clinical, biomedical, social and health services sciences, as well as contributions on methodology and theory, selected reviews, essays, and invited editorials. The editors are Michel Wensing and Paul Wilson. In 2018, the journal had an impact factor of 4.525, placing it #11 out of 98 journals in the category Healthcare Sciences & Services.
Cancer Cell International is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers on various aspects of cancer cell. The journal was established in 2001 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media.
Gates Open Research is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal exclusively for research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It was established in 2017. The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Biomolecules and Biomedicine is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by the Association of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The journal covers research across the spectrum of pre-clinical studies, translational medicine, and clinical research. It was established in 1998 as the Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, obtaining its current name in 2023.
