Functionally, SSCI is also an academic paper retrieval tool and database, but it is an English abbreviation of social science citation index, which mainly includes social science papers.
SCI is the abbreviation of Science Citation Index, which is a retrieval tool and database for academic papers in function, and mainly includes papers in natural science and technical science in content.
The following is the specific introduction of SSCI and SCI:
First of all, SSCI
SSCI, social science citation index, was founded by institute for scientific information, USA. It is a large-scale retrieval tool, which can be used to analyze the number of social science papers in different countries and regions. 1999 SSCI contains 1809 kinds of the most important social science journals in the world, covering 55 fields such as anthropology, law, economics, history, geography and psychology. The types of documents collected include: research papers, book reviews, special discussions, editorials, autobiographies, letters, etc.
Second, SCI
SCI is a scientific citation index founded by institute for scientific information. It includes authors, titles, source journals, abstracts and literature keywords. It can not only evaluate the academic value of articles from the perspective of literature citation, but also establish a reference network for research topics quickly and conveniently. SCI was established in 196 1. After 40 years of development and improvement, it has developed from a single printing type to a powerful electronic, integrated and networked large-scale multidisciplinary comprehensive retrieval system. SCI contains more than 3,700 core journals published around the world in the fields of mathematics, science, chemistry, agriculture, forestry, medicine, life sciences, astronomy, geography, environment, materials and engineering technology. Through its strict selection criteria and evaluation procedures, the source of periodicals is selected, so that the documents collected by SCI can comprehensively cover the most important and influential research achievements in the world.