Web of Science
An authoritative academic citation database operated by Clarivate, indexing high-quality peer-reviewed journals. It provides services including impact factor metrics and citation analysis, and serves as a reference resource for research evaluation and grant applications.
Core Facts
Timeline (last 90 days)
There are three main academic search database systems: Scopus (under Elsevier), Web of Science (under Clarivate), and Google Scholar.
A conference claiming to partner with a certain database and specific proceedings actually being indexed by that database are two different concepts, as some conferences only have proceedings from specific years or specific topics indexed.
Before submitting a paper, one should directly search for the full name of the conference or journal in the official source lists of Scopus or Web of Science to verify, in order to avoid invalid output.
Scopus and Web of Science primarily index formally published journal papers, with relatively limited coverage of conference preprints not yet formally published, but their data auditing is more rigorous and they are commonly used for citation verification in institutional evaluations and grant applications.
Cross-referencing multiple bibliometric tools such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, and Semantic Scholar provides a more comprehensive understanding of a paper's true impact.
All Facts (6)
The impact factor is calculated by the Web of Science database under Clarivate Analytics, measuring the average number of citations received by a journal's articles within two years of publication
65%UnverifiedThere are three main academic search database systems: Scopus (under Elsevier), Web of Science (under Clarivate), and Google Scholar.
50%UnverifiedA conference claiming to partner with a certain database and specific proceedings actually being indexed by that database are two different concepts, as some conferences only have proceedings from specific years or specific topics indexed.
50%UnverifiedBefore submitting a paper, one should directly search for the full name of the conference or journal in the official source lists of Scopus or Web of Science to verify, in order to avoid invalid output.
50%UnverifiedScopus and Web of Science primarily index formally published journal papers, with relatively limited coverage of conference preprints not yet formally published, but their data auditing is more rigorous and they are commonly used for citation verification in institutional evaluations and grant applications.
50%UnverifiedCross-referencing multiple bibliometric tools such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, and Semantic Scholar provides a more comprehensive understanding of a paper's true impact.
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