Web of Science®
What's New?
Web of Science is today‘s premier research database, helping you
to quickly find, analyze, and share information in the sciences, social sciences,
arts, and humanities. Designed for both novice and professional researchers, its
streamlined search process makes it easy for you to quickly find and analyze past
and present available research in your field.
What's New in the Current Release?
Refine Results - Funding Agencies Added
We have added the Funding Agencies category to the Refine Results function.
Analyze Results - Funding Agency and Grant Number Added
We have added two new fields to Analyze Results: Funding Agency and Grant Number.
Publication Type Change
We have replaced Publication Type C for all items in the Conference Proceedings
citation indexes to make easier the export of records to EndNote, EndNote
Web, and ResearcherID.
Follow the steps below to identify and replace records in your library using
Publication Type J for Web of Science journal articles.
EndNote Users
- Open EndNote.
- Open he EndNote library.
- In the library display, sort the articles by Reference Type* and navigate
to the Conference Proceedings references. Alternately, you can search your library
for Conference Proceedings in the Reference Type field.
- Using this results list, search Web of Science and re-import the applicable
records into your library.
- Delete the older records.
- If you have cited any of the records in a document, you will need to unformat
the document and run Format Bibliography to update the citations and bibliography.
* Note that the Reference Type field must be selected for the library list
display in Preferences.
EndNote Web Users
- Log into your EndNote Web account.
- Look for conference names in the list view and add each appropriate record
to a group for easier tracking, such as the Quick List.
- Using this group, search Web of Science and re-import the applicable
records into your library.
- Delete the original Conference Proceedings records.
- If you have cited any of the records in a document, you will need to unformat
the document and run Format Bibliography to update the citations and bibliography.
ResearcherID Users
- Log into your ResearcherID account.
- For each record showing conference information in the publication list, search
and add the same record.
- Delete the original Conference Proceedings records.
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Importing Alerts into Thomson ResearchSoft Products
If you own one of the following Thomson Reuters products, then we recommend
that you select the Field-Tagged format for your alerts to simplify the import
process.
- ProCite®
- EndNote®
- Reference Manager®
When in a Thomson Reuters product, when you import the text from a field-tagged
alert, select the ISI-CE import filter. Note that some e-mail programs will remove
line breaks. If your e-mail alert includes an option to retain or restore original
line breaks, then always use this option before you import.
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Changing the Interface Language
Chinese-speaking users can now view ISI Web of Knowledge products in
Chinese Simplified. There are three ways you can select an interface language
in your product database.
- Select the Chinese or English language link next to the View
in text that appears at the bottom of any product page.
- Go to My Preferences and click the Select a Language link. The language
you select appears whenever you sign in to your product. You must be a registered
user and you must sign in to change the language using this method.
- You can configure your Web browser to display content in a particular language.
The language you select by either of the above methods will override the browser
language.
The first method has precedence over the second method. For example, if the
language specified in My Preferences is English, but the View in
language is Chinese, the instructions will appear in Chinese.
Be aware that English is the language of all databases that you can search
in ISI Web of Knowledge. Consequently, search queries must always be
in English. The results of your search are always in English.
The interface language you select affects only the instructions you see on
ISI Web of Knowledge product pages and in Help.
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Journal Title Changes in Web of Science
The journal
title list is posted on the Scientific business Web site of Thomson Reuters.
It includes new journal titles added to Web of Science®
over the past 12 months. The list also includes title changes, title updates,
reactivations, and dropped titles. The list is automatically updated each month
and represents a rolling 12-month list of journal title changes.
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Web of Science URLs
You can use the following URLs to link directly to the Search page with the
product database preselected. A subscription to the database is required.
You can also set up your system so that two or more product databases are preselected.
For example:
http://isiknowledge.com/?DestApp=WOS&editions=SCI SSCI ISTP
In this example, three product databases are preselected. You can add or remove
preselected databases as needed at anytime.
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System Requirements
Thomson Reuters supports the following operating systems and browsers for
Web of Science and EndNote Web.
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Windows® Operating System
Windows XP or Windows 7
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Supported Web Browsers
- Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0
- Firefox 3.5
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Macintosh® Operating System
Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6
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Supported Web Browsers
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Note: Thomson Reuters does not support any beta
versions of Web browsers.
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Structure Search
Thomson Reuters supports the following operating system and browsers for the Structure Search function in Web of Science.
Windows® Operating System
Windows XP or Windows 7 (32-bit only) |
Supported Web Browsers
- Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0
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Note: Be aware that the Structure Search function may not work if you are using the Vista operating system.
Note: Thomson Reuters does not support any beta
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System-Related Issues
Citation Map
You may encounter performance problems if you try to create a Citation Map
for a record that has a large number of cited references and citing articles.
This may be particularly true if you select the Second Generation option
in both the Forward and Backward direction. If you encounter performance
problems, we suggest that you revise your search and select only the Forward
or Backward direction, but not both.
Setting the Language Script to Chinese Simplified
When using Internet Explorer 7.0, the values in drop-down boxes may display
as braces ( [ ] ) when you view ISI Web of Knowledge product databases
in Chinese Simplified format. To fix this issue, follow these instructions.
- Open Internet Explorer 7.0.
- Select the Tools menu / Internet Options.
- Click the Fonts button on the Internet Options dialog box.
- Select Chinese Simplified from the Language Script menu.
- Select a font type from the Webpage font list.
- Click the OK button to close the dialog box.
- Click the OK button to close the Internet Options dialog box.
Using the Author Index
When using the Author Index, the product may return more records than what
is reported in the Records column. For example, suppose the Record column displays
100 records for the name Simon. If you run this search, the product is likely
to retrieve more than 100 records because the product finds records for Simon,
Simon A, Simon AC, and so on.
When searching for a particular author, try to restrict your search by also
entering topic terms and/or publication names.
Note: This issue only occurs when you select names from the Author Index
that do not contain initials. For example, Simon AB will retrieve the actual number
of records that appear in the Records column.
Creating Citation Alerts
If you create a citation alert for a record in one database, but you have
already created a citation alert for the same record in another product database,
only one instance of the record will appear on your My Cited Articles list. If
you click the title link, you will go to the Full Record in the database where
you first created the alert.
Searching for Names and Addresses that are Booleans
To search on a name or an address that is a Boolean (AND, OR, NOT, and SAME),
enclose the name in quotation marks (for example, "Same Day Surg Unit").
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Browser-Related Issues
You may encounter browser-related issues if you are using Safari. Thomson Reuters
strives to correct any browser-related problems before it releases a product;
however, we may not have found and tested them all extensively. Please contact
our Scientific
Customer Technical Support staff if you encounter any browser-related issues.
Mozilla Firefox Browser 2.0
If a page in the browser looks garbled or corrupted, you may need to empty
the cache.
- Close your browser, and then restart your session.
- Select Tools.
- Select the Privacy tab.
- Select Clear Private Data under the Private Data box.
- Select the Cache check box, and then click Clear Private Data Now.
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ISI Web of Knowledge Administrative Tools
Administrators who have registered with Thomson Reuters and have signed in
to ISI Web of Knowledge can access Administrative Tools from the Additional
Resources tab. The tools include:
Administrative Tools
- ISI Web of Knowledge Usage Reports
- EndNote Web Customization
- Journal Use Reports Upload Utility
- Manage Full Text Links
- Manage My Account Contacts
Analytical Tools
- Journal Citation Reports®
- Journal Use Reports™
- Essential Science IndicatorsSM
- ISI HighlyCited.comSM
Did You Know ... You can bookmark the Administrative Tools menu
for direct access. Sign in is still required.
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Faceted Navigation in ISI Web of Knowledge
ISI Web of Knowledge now employs faceted subject classification that
allows you to navigate all of its content. You can now switch easily between searching
and browsing, using your own terminology for searching, and the new faceted classification
scheme for browsing and refining results.
This design enables subject browsing across diverse content with the ability
to drill down to more specific concepts by facet or category. Following a search,
only populated categories are displayed with an indication of the number of items
within each facet. The subject navigation in ISI Web of Knowledge, as in
taxonomic navigation, guides you by showing you available categories, but it does
not require you to browse through a hierarchy, which may not accurately reflect
the search results.
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Support
If you have questions about using our products or about your access to them, please visit our support page at http://science.thomsonreuters.com/support/. This page has links to our support Knowledgebase, the local telephone numbers and hours of operation. When you click on the Open eTicket tab, your issue will be immediately routed to your local support team.
Please go to http://science.thomsonreuters.com/techsupport/datachange/ to request changes to the database.
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Other Resource Contacts and Information
- To learn more about citation maps and to view our Citation Map tutorial, go
to
Discover Citation Maps.
- To view our ISI Web of Knowledge and Web of Science tutorials,
go to our
Training & Support Web page.
- To provide us with feedback on the design or on issues you observe, use the
ISI Web of Knowledge Feedback Form.
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Last updated: 05/02/2011
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