The library is announcing the June training sessions, organized by Clarivate, led online by trainer Anne Delgado, and open to the entire b-on community. Please note that the course is free and intended solely for users from Portuguese academic institutions with access to Web of Science.

Registration is valid only with your full name and a Portuguese institutional email address, so that certificates of attendance can be sent to you later.

All materials from previous sessions are available to the public on the training portal.

[Portugal] Session D3 – Interpreting Citation Metrics from the Journal Citation Reports (June 23, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM in Lisbon)

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides bibliometric information on the 20,000 academic journals included in the multidisciplinary Web of Science Core Collection database.

Learning objectives:

• The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is not a standardized metric
• The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is a standardized metric
• Interpretation of percentiles and quartiles

Register with your institutional email address

[Portugal] Session D4 – Examining a journal’s profile in the Journal Citation Reports (June 25, 2026, 2:00–3:00 p.m. in Lisbon)

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides bibliometric information on the 20,000 academic journals included in the multidisciplinary Web of Science Core Collection database.

Learning objectives:

• Examine all the information in a journal’s profile
• Search by categories, publishers, or countries
• Additional resources

Register with your institutional email address