Web of Science

A subscription-based scientific citation indexing platform and search service that provides comprehensive access to the world's leading scholarly literature across sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Maintained by Clarivate, the platform indexes thousands of high-impact peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, and patents, with citation data going back over a century for some disciplines. Researchers use it to discover influential papers, track citation networks, identify emerging research fronts, and monitor the impact of publications through metrics such as citation counts, the journal impact factor, and the h-index. The Core Collection database applies selective inclusion criteria, indexing only journals that meet rigorous quality standards, which distinguishes it from broader academic search engines and makes it a trusted source for bibliometric analysis and research evaluation. Author records disambiguate researchers with common names using unique researcher identifiers, linking their publications, citations, and institutional affiliations into a unified profile. Institutional subscribers gain access to analytics dashboards that benchmark research output, track collaboration networks, and identify emerging talent. InCites benchmarking and citation analytics tools help universities, funding agencies, and government bodies make data-driven decisions about research investment and evaluation. The platform also indexes the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, each covering different disciplinary scopes. Conference proceedings and book citation indices extend coverage beyond journal literature.