Hi dear friends! In recent exchanges, I found that the topic of "EI search certificate for OA journals" has attracted a lot of attention.
Next, I will answer the following three questions in turn around this topic:
1. What is an OA Journal?
2. How to check whether an OA journal is included in the EI database?
3. How can I obtain the retrieval certificate of an OA journal that has been indexed by EI?
I hope that through my answers, you can have a deeper understanding of the topic of "OA journal EI retrieval certificate".
1. What is an OA journal?
OA期刊，即开放获取期刊（Open Access Journals）。
Refers to journals that are freely available on the Internet and can be read, downloaded, copied, transmitted, printed, searched, hyperlinked to, indexed by any user, used as input data for software or for any other lawful purpose.
OA journals usually adopt the model of author-paid and readers free, that is, authors pay for the publication of articles, and readers can read and download articles for free.
When many friends see this, they will say:
Isn't this what we call a water magazine? Can I pay to publish it?
On this issue, I would like to say that the journals that can be indexed by EI are by no means water journals.
The level of OA journals does not depend entirely on whether they are OA or not, and some OA journals will also be included in databases at various levels, including core journals and high-impact journals such as SCI and EI.
2. How to check whether an OA journal is included in the EI database?
There are two ways that I know at the moment.
1. Go directly to the official website of EI to check the journal inclusion list and confirm whether a journal is included.
(1) Click the link below to enter the official website of EI for inquiry.
https://www.elsevier.com/products/engineering-village
This is an English website, if the English level is average, you can change it to Chinese in the first column.
(2) According to the instructions on the website, find the place where the arrow points and click to download. To emphasize, the language selection of some pages is invalid in Chinese, and you need to use a translator by yourself.
(3) After the download is completed, enter the Excel file to check whether a journal is included.
From the second from the left to the second from the right: query English journals, Chinese journals, non-journals (conference articles), and cancel the inclusion list. Just look for it when you need it.
2. Contact the OA journal where you want to publish your paper, consult with their editorial office, and ask them to provide you with materials that can prove that the journal is indexed by EI.
However, due to the effectiveness of EI indexing, the status of journal indexing is also changing in real time.
Therefore, the most reliable and authoritative way is to go to the official website to check.
3. How to obtain the retrieval certificate of a paper indexed by EI if an OA journal has been indexed by EI?
There are two types of certification that I am aware of:
1. Issued a paper retrieval certificate through an authoritative academic institution.
For example, the search for scientific research papers in Zhangqiao proves that:
Click the link: Paper Inclusion Citation Report-Paper Retrieval Report-Literature Retrieval Certificate-National First-level Novelty Search and Retrieval Unit【Zhangqiao Scientific Research】
The following steps are to issue a paper search certificate through an authoritative academic institution.
(1) Click on the official website to enter the Zhangqiao Scientific Research Retrieval Certificate Service page.
Zhangqiao scientific research paper retrieval certificate:
Click the link: Paper Inclusion Citation Report-Paper Retrieval Report-Literature Retrieval Certificate-National First-level Novelty Search and Retrieval Unit【Zhangqiao Scientific Research】
The paper retrieval report of Zhangqiao Scientific Research is issued by the Southwest Information Center.
Southwest Information Center, formerly known as the Literature Service Center of Chongqing Branch of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, is a national institution
A first-class science and technology novelty search consulting unit. The paper retrieval report issued by it is highly authoritative.
(2) Scroll down and click the Issue Certificate button to enter the order page.
(3) After that, you will enter the order page, fill in the relevant information of the article you need to query, and the option with * is required.
(4) If you need to issue a report on Saturday and Sunday, click the link at the bottom of the order to contact the teacher directly and issue a report within 2 hours at the earliest.
(5) After filling in, click Preview. Check the information you fill in. Once you've confirmed, click Confirm Submit.
(6) Enter the payment page, and after completing the payment, the report can be issued within 24 hours.
The following is the specific operation flow chart:
2. Issued a paper retrieval certificate through the university library.
For example, Hunan Normal University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other university libraries can be issued.
I've used both, but what I've been using so far is:
Zhangqiao scientific research paper retrieval certificate:
Click the link: Paper Inclusion Citation Report-Paper Retrieval Report-Literature Retrieval Certificate-National First-level Novelty Search and Retrieval Unit【Zhangqiao Scientific Research】
Many friends feel very strange, why not go to colleges and universities to open if they can go to colleges and universities?
That's because it's really inconvenient, and sometimes it's even maddening.
There are three main reasons for this:
(1) The procedures for colleges and universities are generally cumbersome.
I have used Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Hunan Normal University to issue a thesis search certificate before. They will divide users into two types: off-campus and on-campus, and the procedures are different.
As:
(Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
(2) The paper retrieval report of the university will give priority to famous scholars, researchers and professors of the university, and users need to set aside sufficient time. In addition, the office hours of colleges and universities are all working days, and no paper search certificate is issued on rest days.
(Hunan Normal University)
If you choose to publish in OA journals, of course, you also want to get a paper search report quickly, so of course I recommend authoritative academic institutions:
Zhangqiao scientific research paper retrieval certificate:
Click the link: Paper Inclusion Citation Report-Paper Retrieval Report-Literature Retrieval Certificate-National First-level Novelty Search and Retrieval Unit【Zhangqiao Scientific Research】
There are three main things that make me feel most comfortable:
(1) After submitting the application form, the report can be issued within 24 hours.
(2) Non-working days can be expedited for users to issue reports.
(3) The teacher will guide the process of issuing the report one-on-one, and provide one-stop service to the end.
Colleagues who have the need to open EI retrieval certificates for OA journals can try to issue paper retrieval certificates for Zhangqiao Scientific Research.