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Inspec Journal List Details

The source publications scanned for Inspec cover the world's literature in the following fields.

  • Physics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Computers
  • Control Engineering

These publications include serials, conference proceedings, books, reports, and theses. The Inspec Journal List provides detailed information about each source publication scanned for Inspec.

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Journal Details Field Descriptions

From the Inspec Journal List page, you can view the following details by clicking the View Journal Details (J) icon. Details include the following fields. Not all fields are included for every title.

Full Title

The full title of the source publication

Status

Active or Discontinued. If discontinued, the year the title was discontinued is provided. Note that the year the title was discontinued is the year it was deleted from the printed list of journals and not necessarily the year when Inspec stopped covering the publication.

Abbreviated Title

Abbreviated title. Abbreviations follow the standard ISO4-1984(E): Documentation-Rules for the Abbreviation of the Title Words and Titles of Publications. The country of publication follows the abbreviated title in parentheses.

CODEN

CODEN is a unique, six-character code assigned to publications by the International CODEN Service.

ISSN

The International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 0242-6110

Title Cross Reference

Alternative forms of the journal title that are used to provide cross reference entries in the printed list of journals.

Issues Per Year

Number of issues per year.

Publisher

The name and location of the publisher for books, conferences, proceedings, and dissertations. Also, for journals published from 1996 and forward.

Publisher Country

Country of publication.

Additional Address

Addresses of subscription agents, editorial boards, etc.

Language

Language or languages of the articles in the journal.

Language of Summary

Language or languages of the article summaries.

Start of Issue Date

Publication date of the first issue received by Inspec.

Start Issue Volume/Issue No.

Publication volume and number of the first issue received by Inspec.

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Journal Details (Former)

The following four fields contain data relating to the journal title as it was before it changed to that of the present record.

Former Journal Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

Former Journal Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

Former Journal CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

Former Journal ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

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Journal Details (Original)

The following four fields contain data relating to the journal that is a cover-to-cover English translation of the journal of record.

Original of Translation Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

Original of Translation Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

Original of Translation CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

Original of Translation ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

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Journal Details (English Translation)

The following four fields contain data relating to the journal that is a cover-to-cover English translation of the journal of record.

English Translation Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

English Translation Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

English Translation CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

English Translation ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

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Journal Details (English Part)

The following four fields contain data relating to the journal that contains only English translations of some of the articles from the journal of record.

English Part Translation Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

English Part Translation Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

English Part Translation CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

English Part Translation ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

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Journal Details (Issued with)

The following five fields contain data relating to the journal with which the journal of record is issued.

Issued with Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

Issued with Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

Issued with CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

Issued with ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

Notes

Contains extra information that cannot be filed in any other fields.  Few records have this field.

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Journal Details (Continued as)

The following six fields contain data relating to the journal title that the journal had after it was changed from that of this record.

Continued as Full Title

See Full Title for a description of this field. 

Continued as Abbreviated Title

See Abbreviated Title for a description of this field.

Continued as CODEN

See CODEN for a description of this field.

Continued as ISSN

 See ISSN for a description of this field.

Final Issue Date

Contains the formal publication date of the last issue received by Inspec, where the journal is no longer publishede , has changed title, or covered by Inspec.

Final Issue Volume/Issue No.

Contains the volume and issue numbers of the last issue received by Inspec, where the journal is no longer published, has changed title, or covered by Inspec.

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More About Journal Details

Journal details may include additional information for journals:

  • That have had a title change

  • That are cover-to-cover translations

  • For which there is a cover-to-cover English-language translation

  • For which there is a partial English-language translation

See Searching the Publication Name Index for instructions on how to search the journal list.