ISI Web of Knowledge Thomson Scientific

1. ISI Web of KnowledgeThomson Scientific June 2005 Jayne Blundell jayne.blundell@thomson.com

2. Today’s Agenda • ISI Web of Knowledge • Web of Science • Current Contents Connect • Journal Citation Reports

4. ISI Web of Knowledge An integrated Web-based platform providing high quality, essential information for all levels of research • 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. Complete Extraction Articles Editorials Conference Reports Letters Notes

8. Production of the Database Journal Acquisition Scanning Extraction of data Articles Appear ISI Database ISI Databases Selección de Elementos Adquisición de Revistas Scanning & OCR Manual Indexing and Translation An Average of 3-5 Working Days

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Cited Reference Search Traditional Search 2002 paper 1999 paper 1987 paper 1976 paper 1995 1995 1992 paper 1992 paper 1982 paper 1982 paper 1957 paper 1957 paper

16. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

25. 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.

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Journal Citation Reports • Information included or calculated includes: • Impact Factor • Immediacy Index • Source data information • Citing and cited journal listings

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