ISI Web of Knowledge Web Citation Index

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ISI Web of KnowledgeWeb Citation Index

• JIBS and JISC Collections Workshop
• September 12th 2007

Simon PrattStrategic Business Managersimon.pratt
_at_thomson.com
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The Web Citation Index
ISI Web of Knowledge Database
Coverage Today
ISI Web of Knowledge Database
Coverage Looking Forward
Scholarly Publishing Open Access Journals
Freely Accessible
Scholarly Publishing Traditional AccessJournals,
Conferences, Reports, Patents ---
Subscription Electronic and Print

• Repositories
• Pre-prints
• Scholarly Articles
• Works in progress
• Dissertations
• Technical Reports
• Meeting Papers
• Open Access Content
• Freely Accessible

Web Citation Index
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The Web Citation Index

• Indexing content within Institutional
  Repositories (IRs)
• Provides a uniform, consistent citation index for
  content (pre-prints, archived articles, technical
  reports, dissertations, etc.) available on the
  Open Web.
• Promotion of IR Resources
• Provides links and citation data at article level
  as an incentive for every researcher to post
  work on IRs
• Enables citation navigation within IRs and
  between IRs and the Web of Science.
• Incorporates a quality editorial process a
  Thomson Scientific tradition. IRs must be
  consistent in data format and timely with updated
  information.
• Is multidisciplinary in scope, encompassing same
  disciplinary structure as the Web of Science
  wherever possible.

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Pilot Partners
The Web Citation Index

• Australian National University
• California Institute of Technology (CalTech)
• Cornell University
• Monash University
• NASA Langley
• Max Planck Society
• University of Rochester

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Full Text and Repository are searchable fields
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Same functionality as the Web of Science. For
example, sort by Times Cited to identify
influential works.
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Although the Full-text is searchable the Full
Record displays bibliographic data and abstract.
Clicking the View Full Text button will link to
the item in the repository.
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Use citation navigation to expand the search -
Cited References- Times Cited- Related Records
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Associated records link an item to a related work
by the same author, for example a completed paper
and the initial draft of the same work
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Results Analyses are also possible.
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Future plans

• Completed re-work of the back end technology
  Q3-Q4 2007
• No longer use the automated identification of
  Cited References
• Instead it will utilize Thomson Scientifics
  in-house indexing systems, technology and
  expertise to identify and tag cited references.
  Improving the quality.
• Port to the ISI Web of Knowledge 4 interface
• Categorize all records using the ISI Web of
  Knowledge subject categorization schemes
• Complete by January 2008

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ISI Web of Knowledge different faces

• All Database Search
• Single database with broad coverage
• Single classification system
• Citation navigation across all content for
  enhanced information retrieval

Web of Science Citation counting etc
BIOSIS Previews Comprehensive Life Sciences
coverage and value added indexing
Web Citation Index Complementary coverage
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Default Search All Databases -- all
subscribed resources.
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Common categorization schemes for use in refining
results for multi-database searches.
Refine by a variety of fields in addition to
Subject Areas and categories.
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Ultimately citation navigation will not be
limited to Web of Science content. The All
Database Search will include citations to and
from Journals, Pre-prints, Conferences Patents
2004
2006
2003
Times Cited
2007
2000
Cited References
2000
1974
Related Records
1998
2004
1993
1999
2002
1994
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• Search Discover

• Analyze
• Visualize
• Evaluate

• Publish /
• Write

ISI Web of Knowledge

• Archive
• Organize
• Collaborate

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Thank you!

• JIBS and JISC Collections Workshop
• September 12th 2007

Simon PrattStrategic Business Managersimon.pratt
_at_thomson.com