1. Web of Science® Krzysztof Szymanski October 13, 2010

2. TENOPIR (2008) Available in HTMLHTML 2

3. 2004 Cited References 19741998 2000 1993 2003 Times Cited Related Records 2006 2004 1999 2002 1994 2000 2007

5. RELEVANT The world’s best scholarships across all the disciplines provide RELEVANT contents to all scholars 5

6. PRECISE Cover-to-cover indexing, unique search tools and integrated navigation enable PRECISE search 6

7. DEEP More than 100 years of global research history brings a DEEP understanding of the development of your topic 7 Science Citation Index Social Sciences CI Century of Science 1900 1956 Arts & Humanities CI 1975 1945 Century of Social Sciences 1900 CPCI 1990

8. OBJECTIVE Publisher-neutral and rigorous contents selection policy is time-tested, OBJECTIVE way to find most reliable literature Journal Selection Process 1.Basic Journal Publishing Standards 2.Editorial Content 3.International Diversity 4.Citation Analysis 8 http://isiwebofknowledge.com/benefits/essays/journalselection/

9. AUTHENTIC Used by more than 3,800 institutions in 90 countries world-wide, most AUTHENTIC source of world-class research discovery 9 http://www.jisc-adat.com/

10. COLLABORATIVE Refine, analyze and map the COLLABORATIVE pattern of scholarly research 10

11. Web of Science® is SELECTIVE… “Lack of complete coverage is not necessarily an argument against a citation index. It is in fact an argument in its favor.” Garfield, E. “Citation indexes for science: A new dimension in documentation through association of ideas.” Science, 122 (3159), p.108-111, July 1955.

12. 12 …yet COMPREHENSIVE “Multidisciplinary” coverage –enable to analyze the whole context of scientific research “Multiyear” coverage –enable to analyze the history and development of sciences “Cover to Cover” policy –enable to follow the flow of a topic regardless of communication type “ALL Authors, ALL Addresses” –enable to analyze by author name, by institution “ALL Cited References” –enable to perform analyses on literature that is not indexed

13. CORE JOURNALS “…as few as 300 journals account for more than 50% of what is cited and more than 25% of what is published in them. A core of 3,000 of these journals accounts for about 75% of published articles and over 90% of cited articles.” 13 Biology Chemistry Engineering Biotechnology http://isiwebofknowledge.com/benefits/essays/journalselection/

14. Web of Science is all you need! Actively covers 11,232 journals, including 1,544 regional journals in over 40 languages Over 46.1 million records Across 256 disciplines Over 727.5 million cited references from 1900-2009 65 million cited references captured every year (to articles in journals covered and not covered) Wait no more!

15. Why Web of Science? Over 3,800 institutions in 90 countries Of the top 25 U.S. universities –96% access Web of Science –92% have the science, social science, and arts & humanities editions –60% have backfiles to 1900 Shanghai Jiao Tong University World Rankings –100% of the top 100 Universities have Web of Science Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings – 99% of the top 100 Universities have Web of Science Want to be Centre of Excellence? Are you having access to world class resources?

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