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Advanced Search Field Tags

Field tags enable you to search data fields within a record.

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AD=Address

Searches for institution and/or place names in the Addresses field.

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AI=Author Identifiers

Searches for Web of Science ResearcherID numbers and ORCID identifiers in the Author Identifiers table within a record.

Enter a unique Web of Science ResearcherID number or ORCID identifier with the AI field tag.

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AU=Author

Searches for author names of journal articles and books in the Author(s) field and the Corporate Author(s) field.

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Last names containing a space should be searched with and without the space to ensure that all relevant records are returned. For example:

AU=(De Marco* OR DeMarco*)
AU=(Van Hecke T* OR Vanhecke T*)

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GP=Group Author

Searches the Group Author(s) and Book Group Author(s) fields within of a record.

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ED=Editor

Searches for editor names in the Editor(s) field within a record. For example:

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PY=Year Published

Searches the Source Published field within a record. You must combine this field tag with another field tag using the AND or NOT Boolean operator.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=2007

When entering a range of years, restrict your search to five years or less; otherwise, processing slows down and the product returns too many unproductive results.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=(2008-2010)

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IS=ISSN

Searches the ISSN field within a record.

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) searches for periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display in the Full Record. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X.

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IS=ISBN

Searches the ISBN field within a record.

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) searches for books. It is a unique machine-readable identifier that marks a book unmistakably. The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or an X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN identifier.

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SO=Publication Name

Searches for publication names in the Source field within a record. The product retrieves books titles and journal titles.

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SU=Research Area

Seaches the Research Areas field within a Full Record. See also Research Areas

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TI=Title

Searches the Title field within a record.

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TS=Topic

Searches the Topic fields in all databases in your subscription. Topic fields include Titles, Abstracts, Keywords and Indexing fields such as Systematics, Taxonomic Terms and Descriptors.