Enhancing Web of Science

Just like Library services, our electronic resource providers never stand still.  Web of Science, one of our oldest eresources, has just announced the latest raft of developments to its platform, introducing next-gen technologies leveraging open source resources to deliver more for less. 

What's new?

Here's a brief overview of what Web of Science is rolling out now.

Open, diverse and inclusive

21% more journal coverage introducing over 33 million journal articles from the last 10 years, sourced from open platforms

Decolonised content with 53% of content sourced from the Global South

Celebrating and supporting the Arts and Humanities with 43% of research from the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Open source content with 39% of content via open access models

Reliable metrics

Retraction watch integration helps identify questionable research

Reliable metrics - Citations to and from retracted and withdrawn publications are removed from journal impact factor metrics

Intuitive search and discovery

Intuitive and multilingual search powered by semantic search and natural language processing with AI result ranking for both documents and researchers

Recognising all you contribute

Holistic researcher profiles and metrics include everything from articles to patents and real world policies, showcasing more holistically the entire impact of researcher activity