Seminar on

WEB OF SCIENCE

Presented by,

S.ARUN JOSEPH.M.L.I.Sc 4th semester.

No : 1D.L.I.S.

University of Kerala.

Introduction Web of Science is an online academic

citation index provided by Thomson Reuters

Designed for providing access to multiple databases, cross-disciplinary research, and in-depth exploration of specialized subfields within an academic or scientific discipline

Coverage

The multidisciplinary coverage encompasses 11,261 journals

Coverage includes the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, and across disciplines

Briefly Summarized as…..Web of Science

Producer Thomson Reuters (USA)

Access

Providers Various institutions and commercial organizations

Coverage

Disciplines Science, social science, arts, humanities (supports 256 disciplines)

Record depth citation indexing, author, topic title, subject keywords, abstract, periodical title, author's address, publication year

Format coverage full text articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, proceedings (journals and book-based ), technical papers

Temporal coverage 1900 to present

Geospatial coverage Global - international

Number of records 40.1 million +

Abstracting and indexingo The following types of literature are

indexed: peer reviewed journals, original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, as well as other areas

Citation databases• Web of Science consists of seven databases • The first three citation databases contain the

references cited by the authors of the articles

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded)

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)

>> Covers more than 7,100 notable journals Agriculture

Astronomy

Biochemistry

Biology

Biotechnology

Chemistry

Computer Science  

Materials Science 

Mathematics

Medicine

Neuroscience

Oncology

Pediatrics

Pharmacology

Physics

Plant Sciences

Psychiatry

Surgery

Veterinary Science

Zoology

Social Sciences Citation Index

Covers more than 2,470 journals encompassing 50 social science disciplines

Anthropology

History

Industrial Relations

Information Science & Library Science  

Law

Linguistics

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychiatry

Psychology

Public Health

Social Issues

Social Work

Sociology

Substance Abuse

Urban Studies

Women's Studies

Arts & Humanities Citation Index 

Covers more than 1,395 arts and humanities journals

Archaeology

Architecture

Art

Asian Studies

Classics

Dance

Folklore

History

Language

Linguistics

Literary Reviews

Literature

Music

Philosophy

Poetry

Radio, Television, & Film

Religion

Theater

Chemistry databasesThe two chemistry databases allow you to create structure drawings to find chemical compounds and reactions.

Index Chemicus (IC) Current Chemical Reactions

(CCR-Expanded)

Index Chemicus indexes more than 2.6 million compounds

The range of coverage is from 1993 to present day

Vital source of new information on biologically active compounds and natural products

Current Chemical Reactions indexes over one million reactions, and the range of coverage is from 1986 to present day

Conference proceedings citation indexes

Covers more than 110,000 journals and book-based proceedings in two editions:

Science and Social Science and Humanities, encompassing 256 disciplines

This citation index covers conference literature in all scientific and technical fields, including:

• Agriculture

• Biochemistry

• Biology

• Biotechnology

• Chemistry • Computer Science

• Engineering

• Environmental Sciences

• Medicine

• Physics

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)

This citation index covers conference literature in all scientific and technical fields, including:• Agriculture

• Biochemistry

• Biology

• Biotechnology

• Chemistry • Computer Science

• Engineering

• Environmental Sciences

• Medicine

• Physics

Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Sciences & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)

This citation index covers conference literature in all fields of social sciences, arts, and humanities, including:• Art

• Economics

• History

• Literature

• Management • Philosophy

• Psychology

• Public Health

• Sociology

Products and Services

1) FinancialConnecting the global financial community

2) Governance, Risk & ComplianceProactive Insights, Dynamic Connections, Informed Outcomes

3) Intellectual PropertyManage, protect and drive the value of your IP assets. With solutions that power the IP lifecycle

4) LegalContent, technology and expertise to help legal professionals practice, manage and thrive

5) News ServicesThe leading provider of real-time, high-impact, multimedia news and information services

6) Pharma & Life SciencesFrom discovery to development, launch, and beyond: we can help your pipeline flourish and your business grow

7) Scholarly & Scientific ResearchDiscover, author, publish and evaluate. The research ecosystem from start to finish at your fingertips

ConclusionThe world’s most trusted

citation index covering the leading scholarly literature

Provides access to the world’s leading citation databases

References Web of Science.(n.d).retrieved on June 22,2013 from,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_Science

The world’s most.(n.d).retrieved on June 22,2013 from, http://thomsonreuters.com/web-of-science

Web of Science.(n.d).retrieved on June 22,2013 from, http://www.google.co.in/search?q=web+of+science&source=lnms&tbm