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Good for: Researching physics and astronomy.
Contains: Article and conference proceeding abstracts.
Good for: Finding critical reviews of scholarly literature.
Contains: Reviews in multiple disciplines.
Good for: Accessing bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references in scholarly science and technical journals.
Contains: Bibliographic information, abstracts, and cited references.
Good for: Researching social science, medicine, science, and technology.
Contains: Journals.
Good for: Researching peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.
Contains: Index to literature.
Dates covered: 1960-present.
Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.
Good for: Researching a wide range of topics in science, social science, arts, and humanities.
Contains: Citations to scholarly journal articles and conference papers.
Dates covered: 1900-present.
Web of Science is a platform for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Index, Journal Citation Reports, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, and Inspec.
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Below are a list of the top ranked journals by Journal Citation Reports in the field of Physics
Below are a list of top ranked journals by Journal Citation Reports in the field of Astronomy: