Web of Science

Web of Science is a curated research platform that provides access to a comprehensive collection of scholarly literature across all disciplines. Its primary function is to enable researchers, librarians, and students to discover, analyze, and evaluate peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, books, patents, and data sets. The platform integrates multiple databases, including the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, as well as specialized collections such as the Conference Proceedings Citation Index and Book Citation Index. Users can perform basic and advanced searches using field-specific tags (e.g., author, title, publication year, funding agency, or author affiliation) or combine them with Boolean operators for precise queries. One core feature is citation tracking: each search result displays the number of times an article has been cited, along with a link to its citing articles. This allows users to follow the impact and evolution of particular research findings over time. The platform also offers citation mapping tools that visualize the network of references among publications, helping identify seminal works and emerging research fronts. Another essential capability is the analysis of research output at the institutional, author, or journal level through customizable reports. For example, users can generate a ranking of the most cited authors in a specific field, or examine the publication trends of a university over the last decade. The platform supports filtering by document type, language, research area, funding organization, and open access status, which helps narrow down results to the most relevant sources. Web of Science integrates the Journal C