1. Research Tool for Excellence
Social Sciences Citation Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Web of Science
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2. Web of Science Find high-impact articles
Track prior research and monitor current developments
Uncover relevant results in related fields
Discover emerging trends
Capture citation information for individuals or institutions
Identify potential collaborators with significant citation records 2

3. Web of Science Help you answer questions like:
Which is the most highly cited article on Education Policy?
Which journal has the highest number of articles on Sociolinguistics?
Who are the top researchers in Chinese Politics?
How many times my journal articles are cited? …

4. Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Databases
Web of Knowledge
Web of Science
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Current Contents Connect
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
Journal
Citation Report
(JCR)
Biological Abstracts
Science Citation Index Expanded
BIOSIS Previews
Index Chemicus
Other Databases
Other Databases

5. Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Includes 2,697 social sciences journals across 55 disciplines
Subjects covered
Coverage: present
Anthropology
Law
Psychiatry
Social Work
History
Linguistics
Political Science
Sociology
Industrial Relations
Philosophy
Public Health
Substance Abuse
Information Science & Library Science
Psychology
Social Issues
Urban Studies

6. Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
Includes 1,470 arts and humanities journals
Subjects covered
Coverage: present
Archaeology
Dance
Literary Reviews
Radio, Television & Film
Architecture
Folklore
Literature
Religion
Art
History
Music
Theatre
Asian Studies
Language
Philosophy
Classics
Linguistics
Poetry

7. How to access Search the Library Catalogue, or
HKIEd Library Homepage > E-Resources
Search or Browse by alphabet
A (A&HCI) or S (SSCI) or W (Web of Science)

8. SSCI, A&HCI @ Web of Science
Citation Search
Cited Reference Search
Save & Output Search Results
Citation Analysis Tools
Citation Alert
Save and run Searches 8

9. Citation Hierarchy citing reference cited reference citing reference
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2004
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10. Search Options Search Cited Reference Search Advanced Search
Search fields
Topic (Title , Abstract, Author Keywords)
Author * Support Browsing
Group Author * Support Browsing
Title
Publication Name * Support Browsing
Address (of author)
Language
Document Type (e.g. article, book review)
Year Published
Limit by
Databases: SSCI, A&HCI
Timespan: 1992 – present

11. Operator
Search Field
Year
Database

12. Find records that contain …
Search Tips
Operator
Example
Find records that contain …
AND
theory AND practice
both terms OR
theory OR conception
either term or both terms
NOT
theory NOT hypothesis
first term but not the second
SAME
theory SAME knowledge
both terms in the same sentence
“…”
“knowledge economy”
exact phrase *
child*
child, children, chidlhood ?
wom?n
woman, women $
colo$r
color, colour

13. Refine & Sorting Results
Sorting options
Refine options

14. Found Record This article is cited by 4 other articles
Records with common references
Check Library Catalogue
Journal’s impact factor

15. C A B D Record Record Record Record
A is a “Cited Reference” of C, i.e. A is cited by C
Record A
Record B
B is a “Related Record” of A, because D is cited by both of them
Reference
Reference
Record D
Reference
Reference

16. Exercise Search for topics “social and cognitive development”
Refine with keywords “language”, “school”
Refine for “Article” document
How many records found?
What is the most highly cited record?
How many times this article is cited?

17. Analysis Tools Analyze Results
extract data values from a selected field (e.g. country), and produces a report showing the values in ranked order
Create Citation Report
view aggregate citation statistics for a set of search results
Citation Map
view graphical representation that shows the citation relationships (cited references and citing articles) of an article
Installation of the most current version of Java and necessary browser plug-in required

18. Save your search results3 2 1 4

19. Export Search Results
You can export the serach records to different bibliographic management tools:
Export records to RefWorks at Web of Science
Choose “Save to other Reference Software”
Import records to RefWorks
Import filter = ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)
Database = Web of Science

20. Analysis Tools
Analysis tools

21. You can rank the search results with different field options
1. Analyze Results
You can rank the search results with different field options
e.g. Rank the journals by number of articles on this topic

22. citation statistics of records found
2. Citation Report
citation statistics of records found

23. Citation Map

24. Citation Map
Cited by
Cited by

25. Cited Reference Search
To discover how the works of an author are being cited
How many citations received?
Cited by whom?

26. How many times the works of Prof
How many times the works of Prof. Joshua Ka-ho Mok have been cited in Web of Science? Who have cited his works?

27. Enter all variant forms of author name 13 4
Select records to be searched 2

28. Mostly cited in this journal
Times cited
Mostly cited in this journal

29. Exercise
How many times the works of Prof. Cheung Bing-leung Anthony are cited?
Who cited his works most?
Hints:
1. Use Cited Reference Search
2. Author = Cheung ABL
3. Use Analyze Results

30. Sign In
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Save your searches
Set up search history alerts
Set up citation alerts
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31. Citation Alert
To receive an alert when an article on the list is cited in a new article

32. Saved Searches Save the search history and re-run as necessary
Setup alert for saved search queries

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