Simon Pratt Thomson Scientific March 2007 Use the Web of Science effectively Overview and explanation of the latest Web of Science features and search techniques such as the Citation Report and Author Finder. Followed by a case study to show how these tools can be utilised for effective and efficient searching and analysis using this world renowned citation database.

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 2 Analysis Alerting Full text links CrossSearch Multidisciplinary Citation searching Quality content Editorial content Specialized indexing Powerful Search tools Evaluation, Comparison Decision making aids Collate

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 3 Diversity Evaluated authoritative content –Team of specialists evaluate journals to ensure that the content is trustworthy –Third party evaluation of all journals regardless of source: Commercial publishers Academic societies Open Access journals AuthorityAuthority

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 4 Why evaluate journals? It is estimated that there are more than 50,000 journals in circulation. Journal editors and publishers aim to: –Ensure that publishing standards are adhered to –Select the best articles from reputable authors –Submit articles for “Peer Reviewed” Ensure that sound scientific principals have been used Thomson Scientific evaluates Journals to ensure that standards of editorial policy are maintained Citation Analysis is used to insure that the most influential journals are included. Additional journals are included for representative coverage of all disciplines and geographic regions AuthorityAuthority

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 5 How do we evaluate journals? Thomson Scientifics editorial staff review around 2,000 new journals annually % of these journals are added Basic publishing standards –Timeliness, Follows publishing conventions –English language bibliographic information –Peer Review Editorial content –Will it enrich the database? Is it a hot topic? Citation analysis –Impact Factor, Immediacy index –How the journal compares to other journals in its field –Citation analysis of editorial board AuthorityAuthority

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 6 Truly Multidisciplinary –Journals are selected to provide coverage of all fields of research –8,700+ journals in 200 categories –6,100 journals in the hard sciences –Social sciences – 1790 titles –Arts & humanities – 1125 titles DiversityDiversity

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 7 A vast archive of important research –1900 in the Sciences –1956 in the Social Sciences –1975 in the Arts and Humanities All the data is produced by Thomson Scientific and consequently the data has a very high degree of accuracy and consistency throughout All journals indexed cover-cover, no limit on number of authors, addresses or size of abstract. Depth & Consistency

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 8 Einstein Feynman Pauling LangmuirHubble Planck Web of Science Nash Crick & Watson  One of the key benefits to the Web of Science is the value of its retrospective coverage.  All content has been indexed in house by Thomson Scientific:  High quality and consistency throughout the archive  Authoritative content – only journals which meet our selection criteria are included  Links to publisher full text  Seamless integration of this historic archive

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 9 BET Theory - An example of historic research that is still valuable today Although the main topic of the article is gas adsorption the article also outlines a method for the calculation of surface area of solids and is commonly used in many fields of research such as nanotechnology, geo-sciences and environmental sciences.

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Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 11 This example of a recent citing article is genuine cutting edge research in the field of nanotechnology

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 12 The BET article is not the only historic work to be cited

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 13 Historic data and citation searching BET 1938 Connected through common citations Environmental sciences research Uses the BET method to measure the impact of pollution Nanotechnology research Use the BET method to evaluate the effectiveness of Micro-Carbon filters Can help remove pollution

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 14 Historic data and citation searching Not Connected No access to back file Environmental sciences research Uses the BET method to measure the impact of pollution Nanotechnology research Use the BET method to evaluate the effectiveness of Micro-Carbon filters Can help remove pollution

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 15 A wealth of valuable archival information now exists in a very accessible format -- e-journal backfiles. ISI Web of Knowledge is an ideal platform to access Full Text archives

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 16 The capture of Author Cited References for over 100 years of data provides for unique features of searching and navigation -Track research pathways through time -Expand a search using Related Records -Gauge the impact of a paper using citation counts Unique Data

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation Cited References Times Cited Related Records

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 18 Citation Index - The Value Add The language of science is always changing. Concepts and terminology continue to evolve. For this reason: Free-text searching may miss critical information LAV (Europe) HTLV-III (USA) HIV + many variants, “SIV” PresentFuture ???

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 19 A unique resource! No other database offers the same level of high quality, authoritative and trustworthy content with advanced searching capabilities over 105 years of multidisciplinary coverage DiversityDiversity Unique Data AuthorityAuthority Depth & Consistency

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 20 Summary of new features Full Name support View the author name as it is shown on the original article Citation ReportInstantly analyze the citations to any search Distinct Author IdentificationThis clustering tool groups all results System (DAIS)by the same author based Further enhanced to display all clusters >180,000 individual clusters identified EndNote WebFully integrated bibliographic record management. Late 2006 – Early 2007

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 21 Full author names In September 2006 Thomson started indexing author names in the same format as they appear on the original article

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 22 Citation Report – A new tool from Thomson Scientific Launch Citation Report from any set of search results, up to 10,000 records

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 23 Citation Report – A new tool from Thomson Scientific Statistical summary of search results. Provides instant analysis of citation statistics, such as total and average citation count and the h-index. Also includes graphical summaries and the ability to save to file.

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 24 Distinct Author Identification System (DAIS) When clicking the link to an author name, the DIAS system is utilized to retrieve only records by that individual

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 25 DAIS extended Articles are clustered together to represent all the articles by an individual. Statistics about each cluster are displayed to provide an overview of the content. Click the hyperlinks to display the records

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 26 Distinct Author Identification System (DAIS) The Distinct Author Identification System uses citation data to create clusters of articles by a particular author.

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 27 Distinct Author Identification System (DAIS) Permanently save records to you EndNote Web library

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 28 Store references in EndNote Web

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 29 Link back to the ISI Web of Knowledge in one click Use links to access key ISI Web of Knowledge information such as Times Cited

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 30 Search online resources directly from EndNote Web Search Hundreds of Resources

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 31 Format reading lists in thousands of styles Search Hundreds of Resources Format bibliographies in over 2,300 publishing styles (output styles).

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 32 Create instant bibliographies Use the Cite While You Write™ plug-in with Microsoft Word, or use the Format Paper for other word processors. Use Cite While You Write™ toolbars for EndNote Web and EndNote desktop —cite from both in a single document.

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 33 Share EndNote Web folders—simplify collaboration Customize access to EndNote Web folders easily:  Working groups – any level of study or research  Professors, Librarians – post reading lists and subject bibliographies for students and faculty

Copyright 2006 Thomson Corporation 34 Summary ISI Proceedings ® Web of Science ® Results Current Contents Connect Searching Analysis Research Journals, Conference proceedings etc

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