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• What are SSCI, SCI, and other journal indices?
General considerations The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and the Science Citation Index (SCI) are digital databases for indexing academic journals in the social sciences and sciences, respectively. Journal titles are collated and stored in these databases as a means of comparing journal information within and among research disciplines. As an author, you can search the database to find information on journal titles when deciding what journal may be most suitable for your research (http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions...
• Grammar with acronyms in academic writing
Finally, we should look at how the various rules of grammar and punctuation work around acronyms and initialisms. The rules remain the same, of course, but the nature of acronyms and initialisms means they may be applied in unexpected ways or writers can encounter difficulties in applying them. Indefinite articles: ‘a’ and ‘an’ First, let’s look at the use of the indefinite article, ‘a’. To revise, this is used before a noun to indicate it is a general, unidentified, or non-specific example of something; e.g., “I picked up a book.” If it is followed...