What is sci and what is its use?

The full name of 0 1 SCI is scientific citation index, and Chinese translation is scientific citation index. The periodicals included in SCI mainly involve basic scientific research fields such as mathematics, science, culture, agriculture and forestry, medicine and biology. It is one of the most famous retrieval journals in the world today, and it is also an important tool of bibliometrics and scientometrics. The full name of SCI is Scientific Citation Index, which is translated into scientific citation index in Chinese. It is a citation database founded by eugene garfield of institute for scientific information (ISI) in Philadelphia, USA on 1957. SCI (Science Citation Index), EI (Engineering Index) and ISTP (Science and Technology Conference Index) are three world-famous retrieval systems for scientific documents, which are internationally recognized as the main retrieval tools for scientific statistics and scientific evaluation. Scientific citation index is one of the most famous retrieval publications in the world, and it is also an important tool of bibliometrics and scientometrics. Through the citation retrieval function, you can find the early, then and recent academic documents of related research topics, and at the same time get the abstracts of papers; You can see the records of cited references, the cited situation and the records of related documents. In the past 50 years, SCI database has developed continuously, and has become the most important large-scale database in the contemporary world, ranking first among the six famous international retrieval systems. In addition, with ISI, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Art and Humanities Citation Index (A & amp； HCI). It is not only an important retrieval reference book, but also an important basis for evaluating scientific research achievements. It has become the most authoritative and important evaluation system of basic research and applied basic research achievements in the world. It is one of the important indicators to evaluate the academic level of a country, a scientific research institution, an institution of higher learning, a journal and even a researcher. The periodicals collected by SCI mainly involve basic scientific research fields such as mathematics, science, chemistry, agriculture, forestry, medicine and biology. The selected journals come from more than 40 countries with more than 50 languages, among which the main countries are the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, France, Japan and Canada, and some China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) journals are also included.