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Enter the last name of the first listed author of the cited publication. Follow
the last name with a space and up to 3 initials. Use the cited
author index to look up the names of cited authors.
If the citation refers to a journal article that is also a source
item in Web of Science® published during the timespan
covered by your institution's subscription, you can enter the name of any of its
authors.
For example, if you are looking for cited references to the journal article
"Preventing the use of biological weapons: Improving response should prevention
fail," published in Clinical Infectious Diseases 30 (6): 926-929
June 2000, you can enter the name of any of the three authors of the article:
Inglesby TV, O'Toole T, or Henderson DA. Ellipses (...) will appear before the
name of a secondary author in the cited reference index.
However, it is advisable to enter the name of the first listed author in the
Cited Author field. That way, you will be sure to retrieve all variations
of the same cited reference.
Guidelines for Entering
Names
Format
Enter up to three initials after the last name. It is advisable to truncate
after the first initial. Authors may be cited with just one initial. You may enter
a surname without any initials. For example:
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Enter Wold AE to look up references with Wold AE as a cited author.
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Enter Wold A* to look up cited authors with the last name Wold and
the first initial A.
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Enter Wold to look up cited authors with the last name Wold.
Case
Use either upper, lower, or mixed case. For example, CRICK, Crick,
or crick finds the same results.
Wildcards
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Use the asterisk (*) to represent any number of characters. For example, Aglitsk*
matches Aglitskaya, Aglitski, Aglitskii, Aglitskiy.
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Use the question mark (?) to represent one character. For example, Bens?n
C* matches Bensen C, Benson C, Bensen CA, Benson CS, and so on.
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Use the dollar sign ($) to represent one or no characters. For example, Hof$man$
WC matches Hofman WC, Hoffman WC, Hofmann WC, Hoffmann WC.
Boolean Search Operators
Separate two or more names by the Boolean operator OR.
If the cited author has a common last name, try combining variations with OR
instead of truncating after the first initial. This way, you will retrieve fewer
irrelevant references. For example:
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Enter Calvin W* OR Brown M* to look up cited references with either
of these authors as the cited author.
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Enter Brown M OR Brown ME to look up cited references with Brown M
or Brown ME as the cited author.
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Brown M* to look up cited references matches Brown M, Brown MA, Brown
MB, Brown ME, and so on.
Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks (") around the words AND, OR, NOT, SAME, or SENT in
any field when you do not intend these words to serve as search operators.
- Enter "OR" W to search for cited works authored by William
Or.
- Enter Koechli "OR" to search for works authored by O. R.
Koechli.
Hyphens and Apostrophes
If the surname contains a hyphen, or apostrophe, enter the name both with and
without the punctuation mark. Likewise, enter a surname with embedded spaces with
and without the spaces.
Join the two versions of the name with OR.
- Obrien R* OR O'Brien R*
- Lopez-Gonzalez J* OR Lopezgonzalez J*
- Deville A* OR De Ville A*
Length
If the surname is longer than fifteen characters, enter the first fifteen characters
followed by an asterisk to represent the remaining characters. For example, Klapdor-Kleingrothaus*
OR KlapdorKleingro* matches
- KlapdorKleingrothaus HV
- Klapdor-Kleingrothaus HV
- KLAPDORKLEINGRO.H
- KLAPDORKLEINGRO.HK
- KLAPDORKLEINGRO.HV.
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Search Tips
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To search for anonymous authors, enter anon in the Author field.
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To search on the name AND, OR, NOT, and SAME, enclose the name in quotation
marks. Example: "Or"
Did You Know ...
The cited reference index
may display a shortened version of the name you entered. Regardless, enter the
full last name of the author. The Web of Science search engine automatically
adjusts for data variations.
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