Web of Science (WoS) is the most well-known interdisciplinary bibliographic database in the world of science. With nearly 60 years of existence and over 200 million indexed records (including journal articles, book chapters, conferences, patents, etc.), it remains a fundamental bibliographic source that every researcher should know and use.
In turn, for decades WoS has been (and continues to be) a key tool for identifying the most prominent journals and authors in various branches of science (STM - Sciences, Technology and Medicine). This is because it not only indexes publications, but also the references included in their corresponding bibliographies, allowing us to know which works, authors, institutions and journals are the most cited.
Its reign in the academic world was absolute until at least 2004 when its two major competitors appeared: Google Scholar (Alphabet Inc.) and Scopus (Elsevier’s database). Both, each with their own strengths, are also phenomenal interdisciplinary search resources that, like WoS, collect citations received.
In this guide we will briefly show you the databases (and other tools) contained in the WoS platform, how to search efficiently, how to work with results, etc.
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