Science Citation Index^®
Science Citation Index Expanded^(TM)
SciSearch^®

The Institute for Scientific Information^® (ISI^®) publishes the Science Citation Index, which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references. The Science Citation Index covers approximately 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals in a broad range of disciplines. The Science Citation Index Expanded^(TM), which includes the magnetic tape, SciSearch^® and the Web of Science^(SM) formats cover more than 5,600 journals.

Information about the Web of Science^(SM), which provides Web access to the ISI Citation Databases.

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Disciplines Covered

Formats Available

Networking Options

Cumulations Available

 

Science Citation Index^®
Disciplines Covered

Science Citation Index^®
Formats Available

Print

CD-ROM

CD-ROM with Abstracts

Magnetic Tape

Web Access (Web of Science)

Online

Science Citation Index^®
Print Edition

Benefits/Features:

• Published bimonthly
• Subscription includes six bimonthly issues and an annual cumulation
• Back-year annuals are available through 1961
• The Citation Index enables the reader to take a known paper and find other papers that cite it
• The Source Index enables the reader to discover what a particular author has published during the period covered
• The Permuterm^® Subject Index allows the reader to launch a search without knowing key authors or papers
• The Corporate Index provides access data on authors and works through their corporate affiliations

• published quarterly
• subscription includes three quarterly cumulative updates and an annual cumulation
• back-year annuals are available through 1980
• cited reference searching; optional searchable author abstracts; Related Records^®; author keywords; Keywords Plus^®; and author names and addresses

Technical specifications

Technical specifications

• updated weekly
• back-year issues are available from 1974
• cited reference searching
• optional searchable author abstracts
• author keywords
• Keywords Plus^®
• author names and addresses
• additional coverage of 2,100 journals
• convenient access to the full text through the ISI document delivery service, ISI Document Solution^(SM).

• user can navigate forward, backward, and through the research literature using the unique links made possible only with citation data
• weekly updates to times cited information
• link provided to original article information when cited reference of interest is found (when covered in the database)
• cited reference searches can be performed on primary and secondary authors (when covered in the database)
• dynamic Related Records^® feature links all relevant articles in the database
• "Quick Search" mode for novice users allows cited reference searching at the click of a mouse
• "Full Search" mode available for more advanced users which takes full advantage of powerful system features
• link to local holdings via a Web-based OPAC system
• convenient access to the full text through the ISI document delivery service, ISI Document Solution^(SM)

Information about the Web of Science.

• updated weekly
• back-year issues available to 1974
• cited reference searching
• optional searchable author abstracts
• author keywords
• Keywords Plus^®; author names and addresses; and additional coverage of 1,900 journals

SciSearch Vendors & Coverage:

Vendor	File Name	Dates Covered	Cited Reference Search Quick Guides
DataStar®	SCIN SC86	1987 - date 1980 -1986
DIALOG®	434 34	1974 - date 1988 - date
DIMDI	IS90 IS83 IS74	1990 - date 1983 - date 1974 - date
STN®	SciSearch®	1974 - date