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ISI Web of Knowledge Thomson Scientific

June 2005

Jayne Blundell

jayne.blundell@thomson.com

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Today’s Agenda

• ISI Web of Knowledge• Web of Science• Current Contents Connect• Journal Citation Reports

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ISI Web of Knowledge

• Premium Content– Comprehensive information resources designed to meet the

diverse needs of researchers • Powerful Research Tools

– Integrated resources designed to work seamlessly between the ISI core and complementary content

An integrated Web-based platform providing high quality, essential information for all levels of

research

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Content

Broad, multidisciplinary coverage enhanced by targeted, in-depth resources in selected key research and scholarly disciplines

• Journals

• Patents

• Chemical Reactions and Compounds

• Select Web Content

• Proceedings

• Books

• Grant Funding

• Pre-Prints

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Journal Selection Criteria• Publishing standards

– Timeliness, editorial conventions for bibliographic information, and peer review

• Editorial content– Will it enrich the content of the product?– New field or extend existing field?– Is the subject already covered adequately?

• International diversity– Authors, editors, advisory boards; but understand the

importance of regional journals• Citation analysis

– Determining importance and influence by measuring use (citation rates, impact factor, immediacy index)

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Articles

Editorials

Conference Reports

Letters

Notes

Complete Extraction

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ISI DatabaseISI DatabaseISI DatabaseISI Database

Adquisición de RevistasAdquisición de Revistas Scanning & OCRScanning & OCR Selección de ElementosSelección de Elementos

ISIISIDatabasesDatabases

ISIISIDatabasesDatabases

ScanningScanning

Production of the Database

Journal AcquisitionJournal Acquisition Extraction of dataExtraction of data

An Average of 3-5 Working DaysAn Average of 3-5 Working Days

Manual Indexing andManual Indexing andTranslationTranslation

Articles AppearArticles Appear

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Full Text Journals

• Links to publisher electronic full-text

• Long-standing relationships with publishers

• 2,400 journals linked at present (and counting)

• Sophisticated linking utilizing robust technology

• SFX-enabled

• EBSCO - 4,000 journals

• Document delivery via ISI Document Solution

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Features

• Cross-Search, unifying the platform

• Multi-database searching via a single, powerful interface

• Web of Science, Proceedings, Derwent Innovations Index, BIOSIS Previews

• Maintains the user session across all products !! Users are never denied a link between cross-searched databases.

• ISI Current Contents eSearch – selected, organized Web content • Search full-text of individual Web documents

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Web of Knowledge – Benefits

• Save time– Access multiple information sources from one place– User-friendly interface – easy to use– 12 million value-add patent records delivering clarity and depth– >100 of subject categories for quick access to relevant journal

titles– Optimum for retrieving research quickly and accurately– Save Searches and create Alerts - quickly find updated results

• Critical source for current awareness– Timely patent updates– Daily and weekly literature updates– eFirst records for pre-published articles

• Complementary to other Web of Knowledge datasets

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Web of Science

• In-depth journal content• Multidisciplinary, international, influential• Over 9,000 of the world’s most important research-

oriented journals• 3 databases available,

• Science Citation Index Expanded• Social Science Citation Index• Arts & Humanities Citation Index

• Coverage back to 1900 – Century of Science

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A Unique Resource!

Powerful bibliographic and cited reference search capabilities combined with the benefits of cited reference linking and navigation.

• Move forward and backward in time, exploring the relationships between published works

• Discover connections within the world’s body of research that are not obvious or apparent through traditional bibliographic search methods

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Traditional Search Cited Reference Search

1982 paper1982 paper

1957 paper1957 paper

1992 paper1992 paper 1982

paper1982 paper

1992 paper1992 paper

1957 paper1957 paper

1987 paper1987 paper

2002 paper2002 paper

1999 paper1999 paper

1976 paper1976 paper

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Web of Science

• General searching - keywords, authors, source titles, addresses

• Explore and gain an overview of a research area

• Find a specific researcher’s articles

• Find a specific company’s articles

• Cited reference searching and “Related Records”

• Track use of your research

• Track use of your competitor’s research

• Discover hidden research trends

• Save, print, export, or email your findings to your team

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ISI Current Contents Connect

• Research information from the world’s premium

journal, book, and Web sources

• 7,600 journals, 2,000 books and conferences

• 7 cross-disciplinary editions, including “Engineering,

Computing, and Technology”

• “Telecommunications” and “Business” collections

• 4 500+ evaluated Web sites, 415 000+ searchable Web

documents

• Coverage from 1998

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Web-Sites

• Current Web Contents (CWC) provides links to selected and evaluated web content

• Current Contents eSearch searches individual web documents selected from CWC as part of a regular CCC search

• Potential web-sites gained from manual searches and automated web agents

• All sites are reviewed according to our selection criteria

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Web-site Selection Criteria

• Authority – credible, objective information, author contact details

• Accuracy – objective, referenced, sponsored• Currency – timely, maximum 6 months between updates• Navigation and Design – logical, orderly, user-friendly• Scope – content, purpose• Audience – scholars, researchers, professionals,

graduates• Writing quality – spelling, grammar, minimal jargon

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Web-site Updates

• Every site evaluated at least once a year to check content – will drop if no longer of value

• URLs are checked every night for error messages

• Automated link checker in eSearch to identify URLs returning error messages

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Tools

• Searching• Multi-query, set-based searching• Current Contents eSearch - automatic “behind the

scenes” full-text searching of Web content• Browsing

• Journal table-of-contents, or Web sites by category• Alerting

• Save your personal profile as a weekly alert• Exporting to bibliographic management tools

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Linking

• Direct access to publisher electronic full text (Internet, locally-hosted, or mixed-mode)

• Context sensitive linking to the ISI Web of Science

• Direct links to full-text of Web documents found through Current Contents eSearch

• Streamlined navigation as you follow the research path

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Journal Citation Reports

• Presents statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to assist in the characterization and determination of the relative influence of journals within their subject categories.

• Provides an absolutely unique tool for examining the relationships between journals through citation patterns.

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Utilizing Journal Citation Reports

• Librarians - assist in the management and maintenance of journal collections

• Authors - to help with decisions on manuscript submission, identify most frequently cited publications

• Publishers - monitor the influence of journals, yours and your competitors’

• Editors - assist in the tracking of influence of editorial policies over time

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Journal Citation Reports

• By using the Journal Citation Reports you and your researchers will be able to determine• Which are the hottest journals within a discipline• Which journals have the highest impact• Which journals are most frequently cited• Which journals would be the most suitable for you to

publish in• Which journals are the most relevant to a particular

area of research

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Journal Citation Reports on the Web

• Provides global access to Journal Citation Reports data

• Impact and influence of 8,400 international science and social sciences research publications

• Includes

• Link to 5 year Impact Factor “Trend Graph”

• Link to and from Web of Science

• Link to Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory

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Journal Citation Reports

• Information included or calculated includes:• Impact Factor• Immediacy Index• Source data information• Citing and cited journal listings

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