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Your students will be introduced to the concept of tracking trends in research, and can gain insight into how their specific area of interest fits into the overall picture. Graduate students can analyze a list of top institutions to seek fellowship opportunities.

The Analyze Tool

ISI Web of Knowledge is about so much more than retrieval – it also provides powerful analysis tools that deliver vital insight and add meaning to your search results. The Analyze Tool helps you discover trends and patterns that aren’t immediately apparent, yet are vital to the total research paper.

It does this by letting you group results by author, publication year, institution, subject category, document type, source title, language, or country. These subsets of information are displayed as ranked lists and also in an easy-to-interpret graphical format. The ranked list displays the number of records as an absolute number and also as a percentage for each result in the analyzed field. The graph helps you visualize and compare the percentages for each result.

 

Your students can see how citations can indicate the impact and influence of research, helping them find the highest quality source material.

Citation report

Citation Report captures citation activity and identifies citation trends graphically within Web of Science. You can instantly create graphically formatted reports for any general search of up to 10,000 records, and view vital citation information for an individual or institution, such as Times Cited, average citations per item and year, number of results found, and the h-index. You can also remove individual results from the report.

 

You can show students how to expand their search, helping them easily visualize how citations connect them to vital information.

Citation maps

This unique Web of Science analysis tool shows you the connections between articles and their citations:
Go forward and backward in time to track citing and cited references

• Color code, re-configure and organize your citation maps to discover trends in citation activity
• Choose to view one or two generations of citations
• View full details on any article
• Link directly back to the full record in Web of Science
• Easily save or print a citation map for further reference
• Completely interactive
• Access via any Web of Science full record

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/webofscience/citmap/

 

You can highlight the journals that will provide your students with reliable, highly influential research.

Impact factor

Devised by Dr. Eugene Garfield, the journal impact factor is an internationally recognized metric used to determine research influence. The impact factor of a journal represents the average citation count of the articles published in the journal during a two-year period. Along with other quantitative and qualitative indicators, the impact factor offers a valuable measure of prestige and influence.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/benefits/essays/usingimpactfactor/

You can direct your students toward reliable, prestigious resources.

Journal evaluation

Citation-based performance data and editorial content from Web of Science delivers the unbiased, selective, authoritative data needed for accurate journal analysis.

Critically evaluate the world’s leading journals: compare publications; create benchmarks; measure research influence at the journal category levels; see the relationship between citing and cited journals.

Get a complete picture of journal performance, use, and research activity within your institution: Conduct analyses within the context of your institution.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/analytical/jcr/

 

You can help your students track the latest trends in their fields of interest and provide them with a global view of where the hottest research is being conducted.

Performance evaluation

Objective, citation-based measures help you measure individual, institutional, regional, and national performance.

InCites, the new, customized, citation-based evaluation tool on the Web, takes bibliographic and citation information from Web of Science and provides it in a format that lets you easily manipulate, summarize, and graphically display your findings. You’ll have all the data and tools you need to conduct in-depth analyses or targeted snapshots, as you review people, programs, and peers.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/incites/

You’ll see exactly who the top authors are within your area of interest – the top institutions – the publications publishing most of the information you seek – and more. Find collaborators; track trends; be sure you’re pursuing cutting edge topics that attract grant acquisition.

The Analyze Tool

ISI Web of Knowledge is about so much more than retrieval – it also provides powerful analysis tools that deliver vital insight and add meaning to your search results. The Analyze Tool helps you discover trends and patterns that aren’t immediately apparent, yet are vital to the total research paper.

It does this by letting you group results by author, publication year, institution, subject category, document type, source title, language, or country. These subsets of information are displayed as ranked lists and also in an easy-to-interpret graphical format. The ranked list displays the number of records as an absolute number and also as a percentage for each result in the analyzed field. The graph helps you visualize and compare the percentages for each result.

 

You can keep up to date with who is citing your work or other key work in your field of research.

Citation report

Citation Report captures citation activity and identifies citation trends graphically within Web of Science. You can instantly create graphically formatted reports for any general search of up to 10,000 records, and view vital citation information for an individual or institution, such as Times Cited, average citations per item and year, number of results found, and the h-index. You can also remove individual results from the report.

 

You can discover an article’s wider citation relationships and easily find additional relevant articles.

Citation maps

This unique Web of Science analysis tool shows you the connections between articles and their citations:
Go forward and backward in time to track citing and cited references

• Color code, re-configure and organize your citation maps to discover trends in citation activity
• Choose to view one or two generations of citations
• View full details on any article
• Link directly back to the full record in Web of Science
• Easily save or print a citation map for further reference
• Completely interactive
• Access via any Web of Science full record

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/webofscience/citmap/

 

You can use this metric to help you decide which journals to find research or publish in.

Impact factor

Devised by Dr. Eugene Garfield, the journal impact factor is an internationally recognized metric used to determine research influence. The impact factor of a journal represents the average citation count of the articles published in the journal during a two-year period. Along with other quantitative and qualitative indicators, the impact factor offers a valuable measure of prestige and influence.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/benefits/essays/usingimpactfactor/

You can choose high impact journals to use as sources and to publish in.

Journal evaluation

Citation-based performance data and editorial content from Web of Science delivers the unbiased, selective, authoritative data needed for accurate journal analysis.

Critically evaluate the world’s leading journals: compare publications; create benchmarks; measure research influence at the journal category levels; see the relationship between citing and cited journals.

Get a complete picture of journal performance, use, and research activity within your institution: Conduct analyses within the context of your institution.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/analytical/jcr/

 

You can stay on top of your field’s and related field’s newest trends, emerging topics, and latest opportunities; make your work easy to find and citations easy to access and verify; and identify collaborators across the globe.

Performance evaluation

Objective, citation-based measures help you measure individual, institutional, regional, and national performance.

InCites, the new, customized, citation-based evaluation tool on the Web, takes bibliographic and citation information from Web of Science and provides it in a format that lets you easily manipulate, summarize, and graphically display your findings. You’ll have all the data and tools you need to conduct in-depth analyses or targeted snapshots, as you review people, programs, and peers.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/incites/

You can compare your institution’s output with your peers; evaluate current and prospective faculty’s research output; and identify research trends to help you form future strategies and budget allocation.

The Analyze Tool

ISI Web of Knowledge is about so much more than retrieval – it also provides powerful analysis tools that deliver vital insight and add meaning to your search results. The Analyze Tool helps you discover trends and patterns that aren’t immediately apparent, yet are vital to the total research paper.

It does this by letting you group results by author, publication year, institution, subject category, document type, source title, language, or country. These subsets of information are displayed as ranked lists and also in an easy-to-interpret graphical format. The ranked list displays the number of records as an absolute number and also as a percentage for each result in the analyzed field. The graph helps you visualize and compare the percentages for each result.

 

You can quickly see the impact of your researchers’ and institutions’ work; compare it with other institutions, spot emerging trends, and measure the influence of scholarly publications.

Citation report

Citation Report captures citation activity and identifies citation trends graphically within Web of Science. You can instantly create graphically formatted reports for any general search of up to 10,000 records, and view vital citation information for an individual or institution, such as Times Cited, average citations per item and year, number of results found, and the h-index. You can also remove individual results from the report.

 

You are offering your users with a tool that helps them discover additional articles in your journal collection, increasing usage and supporting your full-text investment.

Citation maps

This unique Web of Science analysis tool shows you the connections between articles and their citations:
Go forward and backward in time to track citing and cited references

• Color code, re-configure and organize your citation maps to discover trends in citation activity
• Choose to view one or two generations of citations
• View full details on any article
• Link directly back to the full record in Web of Science
• Easily save or print a citation map for further reference
• Completely interactive
• Access via any Web of Science full record

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/webofscience/citmap/

 

You can use this objective measure as one of the tools to build a collection of prestigious, influential publications.

Impact factor

Devised by Dr. Eugene Garfield, the journal impact factor is an internationally recognized metric used to determine research influence. The impact factor of a journal represents the average citation count of the articles published in the journal during a two-year period. Along with other quantitative and qualitative indicators, the impact factor offers a valuable measure of prestige and influence.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/benefits/essays/usingimpactfactor/

You can acquire a better understanding of departmental needs, see how your library collection is contributing to academic output, and spot collection gaps and research trends.

Journal evaluation

Citation-based performance data and editorial content from Web of Science delivers the unbiased, selective, authoritative data needed for accurate journal analysis.

Critically evaluate the world’s leading journals: compare publications; create benchmarks; measure research influence at the journal category levels; see the relationship between citing and cited journals.

Get a complete picture of journal performance, use, and research activity within your institution: Conduct analyses within the context of your institution.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/products_tools/analytical/jcr/

 

You can set measurable goals, benchmark your institution against its peers, allocate funds accurately and intelligently, attract leading faculty and prime funding sources; and identify collaboration and tech transfer opportunities.

Performance evaluation

Objective, citation-based measures help you measure individual, institutional, regional, and national performance.

InCites, the new, customized, citation-based evaluation tool on the Web, takes bibliographic and citation information from Web of Science and provides it in a format that lets you easily manipulate, summarize, and graphically display your findings. You’ll have all the data and tools you need to conduct in-depth analyses or targeted snapshots, as you review people, programs, and peers.

Find out more: http://isiwebofknowledge.com/incites/