How to use Web of Science in English

2. Search
Specify the
time period of
your search
Select citation
indexes to
search on
Change
language
Select a search field

3. Sort by Times Cited
Shows impact of research
Filter search results
Search

4. Use Boolean
operators such as
AND, OR, NOT to
combine or exclude
keywords in a
search
Combine search sets to
create a new query from
existing sets
Sign in to save your
search history and
create email alerts
Search

5. Click the number of
times cited to check
follow-up studies
citing the article
Analysis

6. Click the number of
cited references to
check previous studies
cited in the article
Not indexed in SCIE, SSCI, or A&HCI
Analysis
Indexed in SCIE,
SSCI, or A&HCI

7. Click “View Related
Records“ to check studies
citing the same references
with the article
Analysis

8. Check the citation
statistics for a set
of search results
# of times cited
for each article in
the result set
Analysis
(# of results has to be
less than 10,000)

9. Analyze records
of a search set
by field
Analysis
Choose a field
to analyze

10. Go to Journal Citation
Reports to check the
Impact Factor of journals
Ranking