ANALYSING RESEARCH – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Krzysztof Szymanski – Country ManagerThomson ReutersOctober 2009

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WEB OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND THE WORLD

Europe, Middle East & Africa

2000+ customers in 50 countries

North America760 customers in 2 countries

Latin America244 customers in 12 countries Asia-Pacific

353 customers in 26 countries

GLOBAL PUBLISHING

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GLOBAL PUBLISHING

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GLOBAL PUBLISHING

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Science Direct

Web Of Science

Web Of Knowledge

INSPECMedline

(PubMed) BIOSISCab

Abstracts

SpringerLinkLWW Others…

WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

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Web Of ScienceINSPEC

Web Of Knowledge

Medline/Pubmed*

Cab Abstracts

5 million+ conference papers

13 million+ patented inventions

**>23,000** JOURNALS

300,000+ industry codes and standards

2 million+ chemical structures

2,300+ research publishing styles

80 million+ genetic sequences

SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION – WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

• A lot of data!

• Many information types

• Global data

• New technologies

QualityPublications of Influence

Publisher Neutral

DiversityCoverage of all disciplines:

Natural Sciences – 7,710

Social Sciences – 2,385

Arts & Humanities – 1,265

>11,000 unique active titles

DepthNatural Sciences – to 1900

Social Sciences – to 1956, soon 1900.

Arts & Humanities – to 1975

THE WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

A Core Philosophy of Superior Collection Development

WEB OF KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS

Institution

• Publication and Citation Analysis

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Article

• Times Cited

• Influence

Author

• H-index

• History

• Ranking• Averages• Lists• Comparison

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This query not only searches the title and abstract fields, but also the unique fields of each resource, such as Web of Science - KeyWords plus, INSPEC Controlled Indexing and Classification Codes and Derwent Manual Codes. Retrieves more results than is possible when searching the individual resources separately. Results are de-duplicated.

Searching for: Aerosol AND “solar cell$”

STUDY AN AUTHOR

Sort by Times Cited To Identify The Most Influential Research

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View Integrated Content And Tools In One Location

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CITATION MAPS

Identify the most prolific authors in your area of interest.

All authors of a paper are captured -- even “Anonymous”, which is most often associated

with Book Reviews.

Identify the most prolific authors in your area of interest.

All authors of a paper are captured -- even “Anonymous”, which is most often associated

with Book Reviews.

Which Institutions support

programs in this area that

publish the most research?

Which Institutions support

programs in this area that

publish the most research?

RANKING

ANALYSIS – CITATION REPORT

JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS

THE GLOBAL STANDARD

• US National Science Foundation: Science & Engineering Indicators

• European Commission: European Union Science & Technology Indicators

• Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher EducationMain Science & Technology Indicators

• Also governments in France, Australia, Italy, Japan, UK, Portugal, Norway, Spain, Belgium, South Korea, Canada, etc.

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EXAMPLE: POLAND

ANALYSING RESEARCH – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Krzysztof Szymanski – Country ManagerThomson ReutersOctober 2009