Web of Science

Web of Science, a Clarivate product, is an abstract and citation database.   Researchers can use Web of Science to perform an analysis of their research outputs and to find metrics such as their h-index, overall citations and publications.  Authors can also export lists of their publications and citations.

Available metrics/information

Author

• h-index
• total citations
• number of citing documents
• scholarly output
• output by subject area, affiliation and country/region
• citing document authors, affiliations and countries/regions
• co-authors
• number of citing patents
• documents cited by patents
• Author Impact Beamplot Summary
• percentage of output by author position
• Geographic citation map
• peer review data

Article

• Hot papers - are papers published in the last two years that are receiving the most citations (top 0.1%) in the most recent two-month period when compared to peer papers (same field, same publication date).
• Highly cited papers - are papers published in the last 10 years that are receiving the most citations (top 1%) when compared to peer papers (same field, same publication year).
• citations
• use in Web of Science

Journal

• Journal Impact Factor (JIF), category rank and quartile
• Journal Citation Indicator (JCI), category rank and quartile

Self-help resources

Web of Science videos

• Web of Science: Create an account
• Web of Science citation report
• Discover trends using analyse results
• Author Impact Beamplots
• Web of Science: How to do a cited reference search

Other Web of Science resources

• Guide to creating a researcher profile
• Quick reference guide
• Authors / Researchers: What is your impact?
• Web of Science Essentials
• Author Impact Beamplots

Library resources

QUT users only: You will need to login.

For more information on how to use Web of Science, contact your Liaison Librarian.