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The Web of Science and Citation Indexing

Web of Science 7.0 via the Web of Knowledge 3.0 Platform The next generation in Smart Discovery from Thomson Scientific Simon Pratt Tehran 22 November. The Web of Science and Citation Indexing. Origins:.

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The Web of Science and Citation Indexing

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  1. Web of Science 7.0 via the Web of Knowledge 3.0 PlatformThe next generation in Smart Discoveryfrom Thomson ScientificSimon PrattTehran 22 November

  2. The Web of Science and Citation Indexing Origins: Dr. Eugene Garfield: a pioneer in the field of information science and scientific communication. His vision: using cited reference searching as a basis for scientific and scholarly discovery. • Dr. Garfield’s 1955 article in Science introduced citation indexes as a new type of classification tool -- Use a citation as a search term (instead of a keyword) and as a way to follow the “development path” of an idea.

  3. Evolution of the citation index and research evaluation using citations 1960’s -> Science Citation Index Print 1970’s -> SciSearch, SocialSciSearch 1980’s -> CD-ROM version, A&HCI 1997 -> Web of Science 2000 -> ISI Web of Knowledge The introduction of the internet and in particular the hyperlink have released the true power of citations

  4. Web of Science Diversity Quality • Diversity: Truly Multidisciplinary • All fields of research are included in over 200 categories • 8,600+ journals total • Over6,100 titles in the hard sciences alone (SCIe) • Social sciences – 1790 titles • Arts & humanities – 1125 titles

  5. Web of Science Diversity Quality • Quality: Evaluated, Selected Content • Every Web of Science journal is individually selected for influence within its respective discipline. • Our selection criteria is unbiased, impartial, time-tested. • We are “Publisher-Neutral”, evaluating research – Commercial, Society, Open Access publications, etc.

  6. A closer look: Journal Selection Process Why be selective? • Economically impractical to cover everything • Analysis of citation data has shown that a core of 2,000 journals account for about 85% of all that is published and 95% of what is cited. • However this core is not static, and additional journals must be included. Thomson Scientific covers this expanded core of journals and enhances it with coverage of hot disciplines that may become main-stream in the future. Additional journals are indexed to provide a broad and even distribution of data across all disciplines and geographic regions.

  7. A closer look: Journal Selection Process Thomson Scientifics editorial staff review around 2,000 new journals annually. 10-12% of these journals are added to the collection. Existing database constantly monitored to ensure that journals are maintaining high standards Many factors, are taken into account: • Basic publishing standards • Timeliness • Follows publishing conventions • English language bibliographic information • Peer Review • Editorial content • Will it enrich the database? • Is it a hot topic? • International diversity of authorship • Citation analysis • Impact Factor, Immediacy index • How the journal compares to other journals in its field • Citation analysis of editorial board

  8. The Web of Science and Citation Indexing The Impact Factor The Impact Factor can be considered to represent how many times an average article was cited in the previous 2 years How was the 2003 Impact Factor of “Journal-X” calculated? A = Total number of times all journals published in 2003 cited articles published in Journal-X in 2001-2002 B = Number of articles published by Journal-X in 2001-2002 Impact Factor = A/B • Considered by many to be the de-facto method to evaluate journals, but must be used with care as journal citation data should be used in context and other factors taken into consideration. • Another tool for journal evaluation is the Immediacy Index which represents how many times the average article is cited within it’s year of publication. The Immediacy Index can provide valuable insight to just how cutting edge a journal is

  9. Web of Science Unique Data Diversity Quality Data: uniquecapabilities • Capture of Author Cited References over 55years provides for methods of discovery that are simply not possible elsewhere. • Navigate “Cited References” and “Times Cited” backward and forward in time across decades of research. • Find articles that cannot be found through traditional free-text searching techniques

  10. Citation Navigation 2004 2003 From just a single record within the Web of Science, expand your search by simply following the links designed to drive discovery. Times Cited 2003 2004 Cited References Related Records 2001 2000 1998 2004 2002  Citing  1993 1999 … moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited, and expand your search with Related Records. 1994

  11. Citation Index - The Value Add • The language of science is always changing, concepts and terminology continue to evolve • Free-text searching alone will never maximize retrieval of critical information… For Example, the early research connecting HIV to AIDS actually referred to the virus using two different terms. Neither term was “HIV” LAV(in Europe) HTLV-III (in USA) Human Immunodeficiency virus HIV(the world) 1983 1987 Present

  12. Web of Science Unique Data Diversity Quality Depth • Depth! • Coverage back to 1945 in the Sciences, to 1956 in the Social Sciences, to 1975 in Arts & Humanities • 1900-1944 Back files in Development! ** Current information is of course critical. However, access to an archive of influential research is absolutely important. ** Impact of previous findings, even decades old, may be very significant. One must retain the resources necessary to make these assessments.

  13. Navigate through citations to find all the key steps for any discovery.

  14. Web of Science Backfiles Five or ten years of backfiles only begins to tap the wealth of information accessible through General and Cited Reference search and navigation. Clearly researchers are still heavily citing papers from more than 20, 30, 40 years ago – and even longer.

  15. Century of Science and eFIRST: Extending foundational resources withintheWeb of Knowledge Century of Science backfiles 1900 - 1944 1945 to 2003 2004-- eFIRST pre-publication articles

  16. Web of Science Over 200 disciplines covered in over 8,600 journals Editorial selection of core high impact journals Over 55 years of Author Citation information Coverage back to 1945 in the hard sciences Unique Data Diversity Quality Depth Unmatched Elsewhere No other resource offers the level of selectivity and editorial quality found within Web of Science journal content Unavailable Elsewhere Access to such a diverse, deep, influential collection with navigable cited reference links across 55+ years

  17. Web of Science 7.0 – Home Page Redesign Easy to use and intuitive interface, can use with little or no instruction

  18. . Web of Science 7.0 New - “Term Lists” provide user-friendly assistance in defining and adding terms to the search. New – General Search “Group Author “ field.

  19. Cited Reference Search To be truly comprehensive in your search efforts, the Cited Reference Search is essential in that it can retrieve information often missed through use of Key-words alone.

  20. Advanced Search option is available for those comfortable with “command line” style search queries. New fields Search History presents a simple “Combine Sets” option for fine-tuning results.

  21. Search Results Search over 34 million records since 1945. Easily navigate Thousands of Records, Deep into the Web of Science back file. Enhanced “Mark” features.

  22. New -- Results Analysis Tool Recognize trends and accesssubsets by: AuthorDocument TypeInstitutionLanguagePublication YearsSource TitlesJournal CategoriesRefine results like never before.

  23. Complete bibliographic information in an easy to read format.

  24. Integration & Navigation, key advantages of the Web of Knowledge Platform. Link to the publisher’s full-text, other external resources

  25. Integration & Navigation, key advantages of the Web of Knowledge Platform. Expand your search to other resources available within the ISI Web of Knowledge

  26. Navigate through citations. Follow the research pathways to get a comprehensive history of a breakthrough. Use related records to expand your search. Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports Go to Current Contents ConnectGo to BIOSIS Previews

  27. For Related Records; Web of Science 7.0 presents the number of references shared by related papers – a proven method for gauging relevance. Current Contents Connect CC Connect Table-of-Contents BIOSIS Previews Journal Citation Reports Go to Current Contents ConnectGo to BIOSIS Previews

  28. New - Citation Alert!The Web of Science includes a vast number of influential papers. Take advantage of the depth of this resource. Should a record seem especially relevant, Web of Science 7.0 allows the user to quickly and Easily create a Citation Alert – receive an automated e-mail alert every time this article is cited.

  29. Chemical Structure searching is also available

  30. At the end of the search session, there are a number of options presented for handling of Marked Records.

  31. Export directly to Bibliographic Management Tools such as EndNote, Reference Manager and Procite

  32. … the ISI Web of KNOWLEDGE LinkingCrossSearchingAlertingPersonalization Web Content

  33. Web of Knowledge 3.0 – more intuitive Menu Navigation Institutional Branding Simplified CrossSearch multi-database discovery Access to all of your Web of Knowledge databases Personalization

  34. Web of Knowledge 3.0 - CrossSearch The Web of Knowledge CrossSearch “Form” search will also query selected, freely available web resources. Check boxes to include resources in CrossSearch

  35. Choose the full record you wish to view. Duplicates are consolidated, not eliminated!

  36. Click the tab to view results retrieved from selected freely available web resources Cumulated results appear on the results screen, click hyperlinks to view the original source

  37. ISI Proceedings • Multidisciplinary, international coverage • 70% unique (monographic sources not in Web of Science)

  38. Benefits of conference information • New findings and “ideas-in-progress” are introduced at conferences -- as papers or simply abstracts -- long before they make it into the journal literature • Particularly important venue for discussion and communication in engineering/physical sciences and biosciences • To get the complete picture of a particular research area it is essential to look at proceedings literature (part of the journals + proceedings + patents combination)

  39. Benefits of ISI Proceedings • Brings additional content to ISI Web of Knowledge • 70% is NOT found in Web of Science • Multidisciplinary, comprehensive selection in ~250 categories; • ISI Proceedings is the only proceedings database with citation information • Cited references (1999 -- present) • Related Records based on those references • Link to “Times Cited” in WoS (for mutual subscribers)

  40. Derwent Innovations Index • Patents are becoming an integral part of the scientific communication process, especially in biotechnology, genetic engineering, drug development, and nanotechnology

  41. Derwent Innovations index • Derwent Innovations Index (DII) is the ideal patent resource for research scientists • 3 million inventions accounting for 23 million patents • Coverage of 40 world patent-issuing authorities • Coverage depth back to 1963, updated weekly • Over 20,000 patent records added each week • Provides both general key-term and cited patent searching

  42. Derwent Innovations index Powerful Tools for easy searching • With over 35 years of experience in creating patent resources, Thomson Scientific have the experience and technology to create the most helpful and powerful search tools • Thomson Scientific's team of specialists add a wealth of valuable information to each record, such as, patent family information, in depth indexing and value added titles and abstracts. • Split into 3 areas: • Chemical • Electrical and Electronic • Engineering

  43. Derwent Innovations index Citation information, including links to cited articles in Web of Science Informative, concise, English language titles and abstracts for every record

  44. Current Contents Connect High quality content, powerful and flexible searching functions, browsing of Tables of Contents and Alerting Compliments other Web of Knowledge resources, to provide the ideal current awareness tool.

  45. eFirst articles contain bibliographic information for articles before their official inclusion in the latest issue of the Journal. Typically, these articles appear in the "advance publication" sections of electronic journals. Complete articles, searchable, linkable and full text is available 1000+ journals available now

  46. Select a Journal, and then a specific issue to view the Table of Contents. Table of contents presents articles in a formatted list divided into sections just like the original journal

  47. Personalize your Web of Knowledge home page by adding links to your favorite journals With a single click, you can access the Table of Contents of the latest issue!

  48. Alerting is also available. Have the latest Table of Contents e-mailed to you automatically! Full Text Access is just two clicks away The most important research – all customized on ones personalized home page.

  49. Find pre-selected relevant web sites, view brief abstracts of the web sites content. Quickly and easily find highly relevant web sites.

  50. Your original query is run against the eSearchSM database of full-text web documents. Because the web-sites are selected using our stringent selection criteria, the content is trustworthy and search results have far higher relevance than traditional web search engines.

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