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A quick history of
ISI Web of Knowledge®
ISI Web of Knowledge started with a single idea...and a man who could
see the possibilities of that idea. In 1955, Dr.
Eugene Garfield revolutionized scientific research with his concept of citation
indexing and searching.
Decades later, technology finally caught up with his
concept and Web of Science® brought Web linking and citation
searching together to create a powerful and versatile research platform. ISI
Web of Knowledge was the next logical step-- bringing together a full range
of data, tools and technology in one, integrated, ever-evolving resource.
2002 - ISI Web of Knowledge, a new and unique
research platform, launches.
- Content includes data from high quality and relevant journals, patents,
proceedings and evaluated web content in the sciences, social sciences, arts
and humanities.
- Coverage goes back to 1945, and includes broad, multidisciplinary content
such as Web of Science as well as targeted specialty resources.
- Tools include cross search, cited reference searching, and full-text linking.
2003 - Accessed by researchers in over 50 countries
- Added features include: General, cited reference and chemical alerting capabilities;
centralized marked list; OpenURL-enabled.
- Users accessing a monthly average of 137,000 full-text links
2004 - Total interface redesign enhances intuitive
usage
- The Analyze Tool helps researchers discover hidden research trends and patterns.
- Users accessing a monthly average of 264,000 full-text links
2005 - Quarterly enhancements and upgrades bring
additioanl capabilities to users
- Additional electronic backfiles include: Century of ScienceTM expands scientific
coverage back to 1900; Inspec Archive expands coverage in physics, electrical
engineering, electronics, computing and control engineering to 1898.
- Accessed by over 3,200 institutions in 74 countries.
- Users accessing a monthly average of 943,000 full-text links.
2006 - Accessed by over 20 million users from
81 countries
- Suite of author identification tools: Author Finder, Full Author Names,
Distinct Author Identification System, helps users find the right author,
right away.
- Citation Report provides a powerful citation analysis tool.
- EndNote® Web expands reference management to the Web.
- Additional electronic backfiles include: BIOSIS® Archive and Zoological
Record Archive add biology data to 1864; CAB.
- Abstracts® Archive delivers content in agricultural science, veterinary
medicine, nutrition and natural resources to 1910.
- Averaging over 150,000 visits per day
2007 - More than 3,550 institutions from 90 countries
use ISI Web of Knowledge.
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