Web of Science: Citation Web of Science: Citation Indexes on the WebIndexes on the Web

Gary Wigginswiggins@indiana.edu

9/29/2004

Web of Science: What is it?Web of Science: What is it?

3 Citation Indexes in 1:– Science Citation Index Expanded– Social Sciences Citation Index– Arts & Humanities Index

Coverage at IUB: 1977-

How to connect?How to connect?

Through the IUB Libraries Web Page:http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=16

Direct:http://isiknowledge.com

HOWEVER:You must be connected to an IU

computer in both cases.

Source Journal CoverageSource Journal Coverage

SCIE: 5700 titlesSSCI: 1735 titles*A&HCI: 1145 titles*

*also includes selected articles from SCIEWeekly updatesLag time: 2-3 weeks

http://www.isinet.com/journals/

Document Types in All FilesDocument Types in All Files

ArticleBiographical ItemCorrection, AdditionEditorial MaterialLetterNews ItemAlso special types for A&HCI only

ReviewsReviews

Book ReviewDatabase ReviewHardware ReviewReviewSoftware ReviewA&HCI: art exhibit, dance

performance, film, music performance or score, etc.

Search Example 1: Use of Full Search Example 1: Use of Full Search for Biographical ItemSearch for Biographical Item

Find biographical works on Linus Pauling– Recommended: Search Last Name

only and elect to retrieve only Biographical-Item in General Search.

Option: Place SearchesOption: Place Searches

Institution– College or University– Research Institution– Company

Geographic Data– Country– City– Postal Code

Search Example 2: Use of Full Search Example 2: Use of Full Search with Address DataSearch with Address Data

Find all 2003 WOS source publications by IUB Chemistry Department personnel and arrange by source title (journal).

Use the General Search option. Enter address data with the “same”

proximity operator:Indiana same Chem same 47405

Hint: Check the abbreviations list.

Boolean and Proximity Boolean and Proximity Operators; TruncationOperators; Truncation

AND, OR, NOTPhrases imply adjacency when no

operator is used.SAME or SENT

– Terms in the same “sentence” in any order

Precedence: ( ) > SAME or SENT > NOT > AND > OR

Truncation symbol (wild card): *

Search Example 3: Use of Search Example 3: Use of Truncation and ProximityTruncation and Proximity

Full General Search for a Topic:– Mouse Pheromones

Strategy:(mouse or mice or mus musculus)

same (pheromone* or sex attractant*)

Subject (Topic) Searches: Subject (Topic) Searches: What’s being searched?What’s being searched?

Title words in all yearsAuthors’ Keywords, Keywords Plus,

and Words from the Author Abstracts from 1991-

Keywords Plus: words or phrases that frequently appear in the titles of an article's references, but do not appear in the title of the article itself

Related RecordsRelated Records

Articles that cite one or more of the same papers cited by the fully displayed record, sorted by relevance (i.e., by the number of shared references)

Taken from all databases and all years, not just those selected

Search Example 4: Need to Search Example 4: Need to Use Synonyms in Topic Use Synonyms in Topic

SearchesSearchesNo controlled subject vocabulary in

WOSXPS (ESCA)Since both refer to the same

technique, use both in an OR search

Cited Reference SearchingCited Reference Searching

Every reference in the bibliography of each item published in the source journals becomes a potential search key.

Caution: References may be incorrect or incomplete.

Even second-listed and later authors can be searched IF you are content to consider just ISI source journals.

Search Example 5: Cited Search Example 5: Cited Reference SearchingReference Searching

Use the General Search and Cited Reference Search Option

Find publications that have cited the works of David E. Clemmer.– Dots before his name indicates he is not

the first listed author on the publication.– Links are to ISI source journals;

unlinked items may be incorrect forms of the ref.

Search Hints: Spaces, Search Hints: Spaces, apostrophes included 1998-apostrophes included 1998-

For an article authored by C. D. O'Brian

O'BRIAN C* OR OBRIAN C*

For an article on Paget's disease PAGET'S DISEASE OR PAGETS DISEASE

For an article authored by W. de la Rosa

DE LA ROSA W* OR DELAROSA W*

Printing, Downloading ResultsPrinting, Downloading Results

Mark records that you want to print or download (or MARK ALL), then SUBMIT them to MARKED LIST

Marked records are automatically submitted when you change pages

Customizing the Answer SetCustomizing the Answer Set

Basic output: Authors, titles, sources

Optional:– cited references, addresses, abstract,

language, publisher information, ISSN document type, keywords, times cited

Sort by:– Latest date, First author, Source title,

Times cited

Printing or Printing or Saving/Exporting the Saving/Exporting the

ResultsResults“Format for Print” button must be

used if selected records were customized

Could print from the Web pageSaving/Exporting: records go to

savedrecs.txt– Can be read or printed with WordPad– Includes 2-character field codes– Can be imported into database software

Bibliography Manager Bibliography Manager Software OptionsSoftware Options

ProCite Reference ManagerEndNote Reference Poster Bookwhere 2000Direct Export plug-in:

http://www.risinc.com/webcap/webcap.html

Analyzing ResultsAnalyzing Results

Rankings and histograms for up to 2000 records– By author, document type, institution

name, language, publication year, source title, subject category

– Sort by record count or selected field