作者向SCI期刊投稿前,要上Web of Science数据库查一下2014年在这个期刊发表的文章是否已收录到数据库了，如果已经收录了2014年的文章，那么2014年发表该刊论文都会被收录。但是，如果这个期刊已过了出刊时间，文章还没有被收录在这个数据库里，则要到Thomson Reuters 的网站（http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/）上去查一查这个期刊是否还在收录之列。
Thomson Reuters 提供了三种检索式：Full Journal Title、Title Word、ISSN。
你也可以通过期刊列表（http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/linksj/opensearch.cgi?letter=i）去查找。
如果某一个刊过去是被Web of Science收录的，但是现在查不到了，有可能是Dropped。你可以从下面的链接去看期刊的变化情况：http://www.thomsonscientific.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlcovchanges.cgi?PC=D
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED
JOURNAL COVERAGE CHANGES
(for the past 12 months)
找到你想了解的期刊，点击打开就能够看到期刊在过去12个月的变化情况。如查到期刊
Distaster Advances, 显示的结果如下：
说明这个期刊 2014年从Web of Science中Dropped.
一起Dropped的还有以下期刊（不只限于这些）：
Applications of Surface Science
Acta Endoscopica
ACTUALITE CHIMIQUE
ADVANCES IN CHEMICAL PHYSICS
African Journal of Microbiology Research
Applications of Surface Science
CHEMISTRY WORLD
Information-An International Interdisciplinary Journal
Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS
JOURNAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF CHINA
ONLINE
Plant Archives
Research on Crops
同时，也可以通过这里找查到新增的SCI收录期刊。下面列举部分新增的期刊：
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Advanced Healthcare Materials
Advanced Optical Materials
Advances in Astronomy
Advances in Optics and Photonics
Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts
American Journal of Cancer Research
American Journal of Translational Research
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Annals of Functional Analysis
AoB Plants
Applied Clinical Informatics
Applied Physics Reviews
APL Materials
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Atmosphere
BioData Mining
Biomaterials Science
ChemistryOpen
Chinese Medicine
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
eLife
Earth System Dynamics
East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics
Ecosphere
ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers in Plant Science
Geoheritage
History of Geo-and Space Sciences
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Interdisciplinary Sciences-Computational Life Sciences
Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination
Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts
Light-Science & Applications
Mathematical Control and Related Fields
Water Science and Technology-Water Supply
Women and Birth
