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About Science Citation Index:

The Web of Science is the online version of the following three files:

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED): 1900-present
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): 1956-present
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI): 1975-present

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) publishes the Science Citation Index (SCI), which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references. The online version of SCI, called Web of Science, covers over 5,600 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals in a broad range of disciplines.

Help: Science Citation Index and the Impact Factor - explanation of the unique citation bibliometric elements and methods used to evaluate articles
Help: Ranking Cited Papers using Science Citation Index - explanation of the unique citation bibliometric elements and methods used to evaluate and rank journal titles

Years of Coverage: 1900 - present (varies by discipline)

List of Journals Indexed: online listing of titles

Other Versions: the paper SCI is located in the off-site Library Shelving Facility

Online Access: WWW

Access Restrictions: Restricted by IP address to Yale

Also Consider These Resources for Related Information: subject specific indexes and abstracts - for more detailed coverage and scope in any area. interdisciplinary indexes and abstracts - search science journals and newspapers Essential Science Indicators - compares and ranks universities in various ways, including by field/subject discipline, through bibliometric analysis. Factors include total number of publications, impact factors of publications, and comparing publications among organizations For Additional Assistance: E-mail Reference: science.reference@yale.edu Science Telephone Reference (Kline Science Library): 432-3439 Contact a Science Librarian Science Database List | Back to Alphabetical Database List

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