SCI ( Science Citation Index ) is provided by Thomson Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as a collection of scientific journals that are of interest. JCR ( Journal Citation Report ), by the same company, provides the quantifiable statistical data for evaluating the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community. You can find the impact factor of an journal, for example. It can be accessed by the subscription of the school's library. At the OSU, both can be accessed at SCI and JCR . Ei Engineering Village 2 (at CCU ) Some journals and their information based on the stats in 2005: Im. Ftr. Abb. Name Name 2.833 Remote Sens Environ Remote Sensing of Environment 2.784 J Geophy Res Journal of Geophysical Research 2.491 Geophy Res Lett Geophysical Research Letters 2.562 Geol Sco Am Bull Geological Society of America Bulletin 2.224 Philos T Roy Soc A Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 1.826 Geophys J Int Geophysica...