Yes, it can have impact factor computed either based on ISI i,e SCI/SCIE  measure (administered by Thomson) or SCImago measure (administered by Scopus). 

There are different ways an impact factor can be calculated. Not all impact factors are ISI impact factors (i,e Thomson Reuters). Some of the impact factors are calculated by other agencies or by other standards. For example, Scopus which is also a well-known database computes their own impact factor (SJR or SCImago) which is somewhat equivalent to Thomson Reuters' impact factor. 

The catch here is, Thomson Reuters provides impact factors mainly to the commercial journals and journals which are at least 2 years old. There are several high-quality journals which are primarily administered by academic community (that means they are not commercial) -- and they do not have Thomson Reuters impact factor. However, they may have SJR impact factor. In this regard, journals with Thomson Reuters' impact factor are listed in Science Citation Index (SCI) list and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) list. But it does not mean if a journal is not indexed as SCI or SCIE, it is of low quality. As I said earlier, some high-quality non-commercial journals may be indexed in DOAJ or Scopus only. Some of the recent fake journals claim they have impact factors more than 6. This impact factor is neither SJR nor ISI. These impact factors are mostly calculated by the particular journal itself and they do not disclose if it is ISI or SJR. One should avoid such dubious journals.

You should understand the impact factor is a function of average citations of the papers published in a particular journal over a time period. So, if a journal claims their impact factor is 6 which is similar to high-quality IEEE or ACM journals, in that case, one should look for how many citations a number of papers from that particular journal receive in other journals. If you do not find such huge number of citations of that particular journal in other journals, probably that impact factor is not a direct function of citations, something else, something bogus. 

The best way to evaluate the quality of a journal is first check Web of Science or Scopus, if the journal is listed there. Then check Clarivate Analytics database (which is now a property of Thomson) if that journal is listed there and check the ranking of that journal in different domains in different quartiles. 

http://clarivate.com/

For some high quality journals which even do not have Thomson impact factor, look at their editorial boards and the quality of the papers and their citations in other high quality journals. If you find the editorial board consists of highly esteemed people generally that journal is good enough but may be non-commercial one.

P.S: Generally high-quality non-commercial/commercial journals (controlled by the academic body) do not ask for fees. Some publishers say MDPI asks for publication fees for some journals, but in general, most of the MDPI journals are of high quality and bear Thomson Reuters impact factor (and listed in Web of Science and Scopus both). So they are safe and fine. Other publishers such as IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, Science Direct, Springer or Taylor & Francis do not ask for any fees. Any journal which is not listed either in Scopus or Web of Science (i,e SCI or SCIE) and claims publication fees should be avoided as their quality is questionable, although they may have e-ISSN or self-proclaimed high impact factor.

Yes, It is possible to present it in ESCI,Emerging Sources Citation Index,As a new index in the Web of Science™ Core Collection, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) expands the citation universe and reflects the growing global body of science and scholarly activity. ESCI complements the highly selective indexes by providing earlier visibility for sources under evaluation as part of SCIE, SSCI, and AHCI’s rigorous journal selection process.

for more information,  please have a look at the following link

http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/esci/

Prof. Muneer Bani Yassein,

I have found a similar problem like Indian Journal of Science & Technology which has impact factor 1.08 but in neither present in SCI/SCIE/ESCI. Its in Scopus. Can you please suggest

Dear Nisha,

Yes, the journal indexed in Scopus and in Thomson Reuters Master Journal List JOURNAL LIST

Search terms: INDIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Total journals found: 1

1. INDIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Monthly ISSN: 0974-6846

INDIAN J SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, C/O PROF NATARAJAN GAJENDRAN, NO 23/9-NEEKLAMAL APR, FLAT-14, 3RD MAIN RD,GANDHI NAGAR, CHENNAI, INDIA, ADYAR, 600 020Zoological Record

For more information please check the following link

http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&Full=Indian%20Journal%20of%20Science%20and%20Technology

Thanks Prof. Muneer Sir for your Answer.

Just extended my question.....

It means a Journal not listed in SCI/SCIE/ESCI can have impact factor because it is indexed by Thomson Reuter. I think SCIMago provides impact factor information. So what are different sort of agencies by whose indexed journals can be given impact factors even if they are not listed under SCI/SCIE.

Dear Nisha,

Yes, it is indexed by Thomson Reuter. in the Zoological Record,s the world's oldest continuing database of animal biology.   The broad scope of coverage ranges from biodiversity and the environment to taxonomy and veterinary sciences.Zoological Record on Web of Science means you can simultaneously search all other Web of Science resources 

Yes, there is a lot of international journals with a high  impact  factor and are not indexed  SCI/SCIE

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Dear Gurpreet,

Any Journal to have an impact factor must be accepted for coverage in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science.

Yes! it might have

SCIMago and Thomson ISI Impact factors show different information. One journal might be listed in both or in one of databases

A journal indexed in Scopus can also have an impact factor if it is indexed in SCI/SCIE. These days a agency in Australia also provide impact factors of journals and these are known as global impact factors.

Hi, 

The Thomson Reuters SCIE has its journal impact factor measured by two and five years' citation windows. The Scimago, empowered by Scopus has the SJR impact measure. A journal could have more than one impact measure if it is indexed in more than one database.

Beware of publishing phishing. Cyber criminals have extended their tentacles to the research publishing as well. 

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https://www.researchgate.net/post/Impact_Score_for_each_articleis_this_a_better_idea

Hi,

A journal can be indexed in several indexing services, and in each it has a separate status, so yes, it could be indexed in Scopus and have a SCIE impact factor, and a Scopus impact factor, each is calculated differently.

As to the next question, yes, it is possible that a journal will be indexed in Scopus but not in SCIE of Thomson Reuters, since the latter is much more selective in establishing a criteria for acceptance to the database.

Quality is always important :http://ijaridea.com/Web-of-Knowledge

yes it can have IF 

yes both the cases are possible..........

Both are two different indexing methodology and there is very less possibilty of indexing a journal in both simultaneously. By example u can undestand an engineering college accredited by NAAC and NBA same year

Dear sir:

SJR is a portal that includes journals scientific indicators developed from Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). It includes over 21,500 titles while Journal Citation Reports (JCR) has about 11,265 Journals.

So if a journal try to get IF (ISI), it should first go through "Scopus" and get SJR. Eventually any journal got "SCIE" is still harbor its SJR that got previously during its evaluation process in Scopus.    

What is ESCI ?

Which indexing is having more weightage?

SCIE or ESCI or SCOPUS

Hello

In general when the publication is indexed in ISI Thomson database, it has an impact factor .

You can use the reseachgate database which can give you the best journal in your field of research

Thanks

of course both the cases are possible. 

Both Thomson Routers and SCIE are the standard parameter of research journal. If any one ( either TR/ SCIE)  indexed to scientific journal then your research work may be recognized and have impact factor.

Yes, it can have impact factor computed either based on ISI i,e SCI/SCIE  measure (administered by Thomson) or SCImago measure (administered by Scopus). 

There are different ways an impact factor can be calculated. Not all impact factors are ISI impact factors (i,e Thomson Reuters). Some of the impact factors are calculated by other agencies or by other standards. For example, Scopus which is also a well-known database computes their own impact factor (SJR or SCImago) which is somewhat equivalent to Thomson Reuters' impact factor. 

The catch here is, Thomson Reuters provides impact factors mainly to the commercial journals and journals which are at least 2 years old. There are several high-quality journals which are primarily administered by academic community (that means they are not commercial) -- and they do not have Thomson Reuters impact factor. However, they may have SJR impact factor. In this regard, journals with Thomson Reuters' impact factor are listed in Science Citation Index (SCI) list and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) list. But it does not mean if a journal is not indexed as SCI or SCIE, it is of low quality. As I said earlier, some high-quality non-commercial journals may be indexed in DOAJ or Scopus only. Some of the recent fake journals claim they have impact factors more than 6. This impact factor is neither SJR nor ISI. These impact factors are mostly calculated by the particular journal itself and they do not disclose if it is ISI or SJR. One should avoid such dubious journals.

You should understand the impact factor is a function of average citations of the papers published in a particular journal over a time period. So, if a journal claims their impact factor is 6 which is similar to high-quality IEEE or ACM journals, in that case, one should look for how many citations a number of papers from that particular journal receive in other journals. If you do not find such huge number of citations of that particular journal in other journals, probably that impact factor is not a direct function of citations, something else, something bogus. 

The best way to evaluate the quality of a journal is first check Web of Science or Scopus, if the journal is listed there. Then check Clarivate Analytics database (which is now a property of Thomson) if that journal is listed there and check the ranking of that journal in different domains in different quartiles. 

http://clarivate.com/

For some high quality journals which even do not have Thomson impact factor, look at their editorial boards and the quality of the papers and their citations in other high quality journals. If you find the editorial board consists of highly esteemed people generally that journal is good enough but may be non-commercial one.

P.S: Generally high-quality non-commercial/commercial journals (controlled by the academic body) do not ask for fees. Some publishers say MDPI asks for publication fees for some journals, but in general, most of the MDPI journals are of high quality and bear Thomson Reuters impact factor (and listed in Web of Science and Scopus both). So they are safe and fine. Other publishers such as IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, Science Direct, Springer or Taylor & Francis do not ask for any fees. Any journal which is not listed either in Scopus or Web of Science (i,e SCI or SCIE) and claims publication fees should be avoided as their quality is questionable, although they may have e-ISSN or self-proclaimed high impact factor.

Some universities consider only the SCI and the SCI Expanded lists provided by Thomson Reuter standards to evaluate the quality of journals.

What about ESCI ( Emerging Source citation).

It is also part of Thomson Reuters?

There are different ways an impact factor can be calculated. Not all impact factors are ISI impact factors. Some of the impact factors are calculated by different agencies or by different standards. Scopus which is also an established and renowned database computes their own impact factor which is somewhat equivalent to Thomson Reuters' impact factor. 

Hi Shumaila, Looks like you copied my answer.

Modern physic letter A -world scientific Visual computer Springer

Future generation computer system

International journal of bifurcation and chaos-world scientific

Article A novel dehazing model for remote sensing images

Are all Thomson Reuters Indexed Journals SCI Journals?

https://clarivate.com/essays/journal-selection-process/

Hi to all

If a paper presented in a conference and wish to publish its full length paper in below mentioned category DOI/UGC/SCOPUS/ESCI/SCI Journal, it would have impact factor calculated as Thomson Reuters indexed system? Please guide

How can I figure out whether an article in SIC is?

Thank you

Hi muhammed Furkan Aras, I think you mean journal not article, you can go to

http://mjl.clarivate.com.