Web of Science

Web of Science

  • a multidisciplinary database including citation indexes
  • licensed bibliographic and abstract source

Entrance to the database

Web of Science – a collection of databases produced by Clarivate, available under a national licence, including the WoS Core Collection and WoS Citation Connection packages. Web of Science provides information on citations (by whom, where and when a given publication was cited), as well as author profiles, Hirsch Index, etc.

The Web of Science Core Collection package includes:

  • Science Citation Index Expanded – 1945 – present,
  • Social Sciences Citation Index –1956 – present,
  • Art and Humanities Citation Index – 1975 – present,
  • Conference Proceedings Citation Index – 1990 – present,
  • Book Citation Index – 2010 – present,
  • Emerging Sources Citation Index – 2005 – present,
  • Current Chemical Reactions – 2010 – present,
  • Index Chemicus – 2010 – present.

The WoS Citation Connection package includes:

  • Biosis Citation Index – 2010 – present,
  • Data Citation Index – 2010 – present,
  • Dervent Innovation Index – 2010 – present,
  • Current Contents Connect – 2010 – present,
  • Zoological Records – 1864 – present.

In addition, the following databases are available as a free supplement to the national licence:

  • Preprint Citation Index – 1991 – present,
  • ProQuest Dissertation & These Citation Index,
  • SciELO Citation Index – 2002 – present,
  • Korean Citation Index – 1980 – present,
  • Grant Index – 1953 – present,
  • Medline – 1950 – present.

After selecting the Products tab in the upper right corner of the screen, you can go to:

  • the Journal Citation Reports database, containing indicators for journals,
  • the InCites tool for analysing bibliometric data from WoS, allowing, among other things, to compare the scientific achievements of researchers and institutions and develop research strategies,
  • the EndNote bibliographic manager – a tool that allows you to build your own ‘library’ of publications, as well as quickly and automatically create a bibliography of cited publications in many available citation styles; the online version is available under a national licence – access after logging in to your individual user account.

More information about the Web of Science national licence

Contact: The Reference Department+48 12 617 32 15oin@bg.agh.edu.pl