Web of Science

Web of Science
Producer	Clarivate
History	1997
Coverage
Disciplines	Science, social science, arts, humanities (supports 256 disciplines)
Record depth	Citation indexing, author, topic title, subject keywords, abstract, periodical title, author's address, publication year
Format coverage	Articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, proceedings (journals and book-based), technical papers
Temporal coverage	1900–present
No. of records	79 million (core collection); 171 million (platform);
Links
Website	clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/web-of-science; mjl.clarivate.com/home

The Web of Science (WoS; previously known as Web of Knowledge) is a paid-access platform that provides (typically via the internet) access to multiple databases that provide reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents in various academic disciplines. Until 1997, it was originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information.^[2] It is currently owned by Clarivate.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Matthews, Tracy. "LibGuides: Web of Science platform: Web of Science: Summary of Coverage". clarivate.libguides.com. Retrieved Apr 17, 2021.
^ "The History of ISI and the work of Eugene Garfield". Clarivate. Retrieved Aug 13, 2023.
^ "Acquisition of the Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Science Business by Onex and Baring Asia Completed" (Press release). Retrieved 13 December 2017 – via PR Newswire.

[auto-1] Matthews, Tracy. "LibGuides: Web of Science platform: Web of Science: Summary of Coverage". clarivate.libguides.com. Retrieved Apr 17, 2021.

[2] "The History of ISI and the work of Eugene Garfield". Clarivate. Retrieved Aug 13, 2023.

[3] "Acquisition of the Thomson Reuters Intellectual Property and Science Business by Onex and Baring Asia Completed" (Press release). Retrieved 13 December 2017 – via PR Newswire.

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