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ANALYSING RESEARCH –
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Krzysztof Szymanski – Country Manager
Thomson Reuters
October 2009
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WEB OF KNOWLEDGE AROUND THE WORLD
North America
760 customers in 2
countries
Europe, Middle East & Africa
2000+ customers in 50
countries
Latin America
244 customers in 12 countries
Asia-Pacific
353 customers in 26 countries
GLOBAL PUBLISHING
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GLOBAL PUBLISHING
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GLOBAL PUBLISHING
Web Of Knowledge
Web Of Science
INSPEC
LWW
Cab
Medline
(PubMed) Abstracts
Science
Direct
Springer
Link
BIOSIS
Others…
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WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
INSPEC
Web Of Science
Cab
Abstracts
Medline/
Pubmed*
Web Of Knowledge
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SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION –
WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
• A lot of data!
80 million+
genetic sequences
• Many information types
2,300+
• Global data
research publishing styles
• New technologies
5 million+
conference papers
**>23,000**
JOURNALS
2 million+
300,000+
chemical structures
industry codes and standards
13 million+
patented inventions
THE WEB OF KNOWLEDGE
A Core Philosophy of Superior Collection Development
Quality
Publications of Influence
Publisher Neutral
Diversity
Depth
Coverage of all disciplines:
Natural Sciences – to 1900
Natural Sciences – 7,710
Social Sciences – to 1956,
soon 1900.
Social Sciences – 2,385
Arts & Humanities – 1,265
>11,000 unique active titles
Arts & Humanities – to 1975
WEB OF KNOWLEDGE ANALYSIS
Institution
Article
Author
• Publication
and Citation
Analysis
• Times Cited
• H-index
• Influence
• History
•Ranking
•Averages
•Lists
•Comparisons
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Searching for: Aerosol AND “solar cell$”
This query not only searches the title and abstract fields, but also the unique fields of each
resource, such as Web of Science - KeyWords plus, INSPEC Controlled Indexing and
Classification Codes and Derwent Manual Codes.
Retrieves more results than is possible when searching the individual resources separately.
Results are de-duplicated.
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STUDY AN AUTHOR
Sort by Times Cited To Identify The Most
Influential Research
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View Integrated Content And Tools In One
Location
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CITATION MAPS
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RANKING
Identify the most prolific authors
in your area of interest.
All authors of a paper are
captured -- even “Anonymous”,
which is most often associated
with Book Reviews.
Which Institutions support
programs in this area that
publish the most research?
ANALYSIS – CITATION REPORT
JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS
THE GLOBAL STANDARD
• US National Science Foundation:
Science &
Engineering Indicators
• European Commission: European Union
Science & Technology Indicators
• Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Main Science & Technology Indicators
• Also governments in France, Australia, Italy, Japan, UK, Portugal, Norway, Spain,
Belgium, South Korea, Canada, etc.
Used to shape higher education policy
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EXAMPLE: POLAND
ANALYSING RESEARCH –
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Krzysztof Szymanski – Country Manager
Thomson Reuters
October 2009