Web of Science

Web of Science is an online academic service provided by Thomson Scientific. It provides access to five databases: Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Index Chemicus, and Current Chemical Reactions. Its databases cover about 8,700 leading journals of science, technology, social sciences, arts, and humanities.

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The three citation indices listed above contain references which have been cited by other articles. One may use such citations to undertake cited reference searching, that is, locating articles which cite an earlier publication. One may also search the three citation databases by topic, by author, by source title, and by address. The two chemistry databases allow for the creation of structure drawings, thus enabling users to locate chemical compounds and reactions.

Use of the Web of Science is licensed to institutions such as universities and the research departments of large corporations, generally through access to the Web of Knowledge.

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In 2004, a survey of the Social Sciences Citation index was conducted by two economists and they alleged a bias against free market oriented research. In addition, they also identified several methodological deficiencies that apparently encourages the over-counting of citations.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of academic journal search engines

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[edit] External links

• access to the database: http://apps.isiknowledge.com/
• Web of Science
• Web of Knowledge

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