Q: How do I use the new Analyze Records feature?
A: The results analysis extracts data values from a field you select and then produces a report showing the values in ranked order.
To perform a results analysis:
- Click the Analyze button on any Summary Results page to go to the Results Analysis page.
- Select a field to analyze from the drop-down list box.
- Select the number of records in the set to be analyzed. You can analyze the first 500 records, or you can analyze the entire set, up to 2000 records.
- Select a display option
- Select a sort option. Record count ranks the values from high to low, according to the number of records in which each value appears. Selected field sorts the list in ascending alphabetical (A-Z) or numeric (0-9) order.
Q: What is a Citation Alert and how do I create one?
A: A citation alert notifies you by e-mail whenever a record you choose has been cited by a new record when it is added to the database.
To create a Citation Alert you must first register and sign in. Next, perform a search in a Web of Knowledge product and go to the full record.
On the right side of the page is a button labeled "Create Citation Alert". Clicking this link will add the record to your Citation Alerts list on the Web of Knowledge page.
Currently, Citation Alerts are available in most of the Web of Knowledge products, however a subscription to Web of Science is required.
Q: How do I make changes to the citation alerts that I have created?
A: After you log into Web of Knowledge, find the "View My Cited Articles List" link on the right under "Citation Alerts" on the Web of Knowledge home page. If you have created a citation alert, clicking on this link will bring you to "My Cited Articles List". From this page, click on the Modify Settings button. On the next screen you can de-select the "Send me Citation Alert" setting, change your email address, change the email file format or remove the citation alert from the list.
Q: How do I limit by certain years in a Cited Reference search?
A: If you want to find out how many times a particular article was cited within a certain range of years, follow these instructions:
- Under "Select database(s) and timespan:" choose a year or range of years.
- Click the Cited Reference Search button and perform your search.
- This will bring you to the "Cited Reference Index" page that contains a table listing all of the papers that cited your search. Mark off the citations that you wish to see, and click "Finish Search".
- You will then get the papers that cited your search terms in the year range that you specified. Please note that the number of citations you retrieve may or may not match the number of citations in the "hits" column, as the "hits" lists citations for the entire database and does not take into account any specifically selected year ranges or your institution's subscription.
Q: What is the maximum number of records that is retrieved by a search?
A: Up to 100,000 records can be returned by a search. If the search retrieved more than 100,000 records, the number of results will be shown as >100,000, and only the first 100,000 will be displayed.
Q: What is an alert and how do I set one up?
A: Provided that your institution subscribes to our alerting service, you can set up a weekly or monthly alert in Web of Science. Alerts are e-mails sent to you weekly with new data based on your search preferences.
To set up an alert, sign in to Web of Knowledge with your email address and password, then select Web of Science. Perform your search. Click on either Search History or the Advanced Search button, then click the "save history" button. Under "Save on the ISI Web of Knowledge Server" enter a name for the alert. Mark the box next to "Send Me E-mail Alerts." Enter your e-mail address and specify the type of alert you'd like to receive. The alert type default is set at "biblio". If you want to change this, click the arrow by alert type and select the type you want. Select either a "Weekly" or "Monthly" email frequency. Click "save" then click Done.
Depending on which product you have created your alert in, there are now different email frequencies that can be selected. For Web of Science, there is a weekly or monthly option.
The name of your alert will display on the ISI Web of Knowledge page under "Open/Manage Saved Searches" along with an asterisk, indicating that alerting is active. In the "Open/Manage Saved Searches" area, you are able to update, renew or delete your alert. There is more information about this on the ISI Web of Knowledge 3.0 FAQ.
Q: What search aids are available to help me in doing either a General Search or a Cited Reference Search?
A: There are now term lists available in General Search for author index, group author index or full source titles index to assist you in your search. In the Cited Reference Search you may use either a cited work index or view the Thomson ISI list of journal abbreviations.
Q: What is a Group Author?
A: A group author is an organization or institution that is credited with authorship of an article by the source publication.
Q: How are article numbers displayed in Web of Science?
A: In the General Search results summary pages, article numbers are displayed as part of the bibliographic information, in place of the page number (Preceded by Art. No. XXX). On the Cited Reference search results pages, article identification numbers will be displayed under the column Article ID. In full records Article numbers are displayed in the bibliographic information as Art. No. XXX.
Q: I am attempting an Advanced Search for a phrase that contains an equal sign (=) or a number sign (#) and am receiving an error.
A: The number sign (#) and equal sign (=) have special meaning in Advanced Search; the number sign is used in set combinations while the equal sign is used in conjunction with field tags. Do not use the number (#) sign or equal (=) sign as part of a phrase. Instead, replace them with spaces. For example: TI=(S=183) will return an error message. TI=(S 183) will return all records with S adjacent to 183 in the title field.
Q: Is "near" supported as an operator in Web of Science?
A: No, "near" is not supported. Additionally, the use of "near" as a search term presents several problems.
- Advanced search on any journal title that contains the word "near" will result in an error message unless the title is placed in quotation marks.
- Author searches for authors named Near will only return results if "Near" is put in quotation marks.
Q: How do I download the Chemistry plug-in?
A: The structure-drawing chemistry plug-in can be downloaded from the front page of Web of Science. The plug-in is available for both Windows and Macintosh, versions 9 and earlier.
Q: Will I be able to use the Chemistry plug-in with my Macintosh?
A: The chemistry plug-in is compatible with versions of Mac 9.0 and earlier. It is not compatible with OSX. You will have to run the program in classic mode in order to draw structures. We do not recommend using Netscape 6.0 or Netscape 6.1 with the plug-in, as there have been frequent problems with this browser.
Q: Why don't I see any chemistry editions within Web of Science?
A: Please check with your library to see if your institution subscribes to the Chemistry edition in Web of Science. If your library does subscribe to the Chemistry editions and they are unavailable, please contact your local Customer Technical Support Team.
