The document discusses the history and capabilities of Thomson Reuters' Web of Science database and the SciELO Citation Index. Some key points: - Web of Science is the leading citation database, founded in the 1960s based on innovative work in bibliometrics. It indexes over 30 million records. - SciELO Citation Index was launched as part of expanding regional content coverage, particularly in BRICK regions like Africa. It indexes approximately 700 open access journals. - Potential benefits of hosting an African Citation Index on the Web of Knowledge platform are discussed, such as increasing visibility of African research and improving research quality standards.

1. Renee Reagon
Professional Services Manager
Thomson Reuters: Africa
29 July 2014
SciELO SA User Group Meeting

2. 50 years of innovation
Science Citation Index is 50!
The innovative thinking of Dr. Eugene Garfield, an early founder of
bibliometrics and scientometrics, made us the first and the best in
scientific indexing. His unique way of making connections between
scientific research was the precursor to what is now Thomson
Reuters Web of Science™.

3. Used by over 7000 organizations around the world
and Thomson Reuters is recognized as the leading
provider of citation based research information.
100% of Top 50 & 96% (96/100) of Top 100 Ranked
Institutions subscribe to the Web of Science.

4. Web of Science ~7,000 subscribing institutions worldwide
Providing access to >30 million users

8. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
BOTANY
1,959 3,937 YES
SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL
JOURNAL
1,951 5,638 YES
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
SCIENCE
1,049 3,795 YES
HTS TEOLOGIESE STUDIES
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
864 320 NO
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
PSYCHOLOGY
825
28
YES

11. Approximately 700 titles
Over 4 million cited references
Open access with links to full text through the SciELO site
Weekly updates from the SciELO Brazil data feed
Simplified discovery process for local information in a regional
database
An easy search experience with local language interface

12. •SciELO maintains their own indexing standards.
•SciELO Indexing Criteria is based on:
•Only titles from SciELO certified collections that are active,
publishing on time, and with appropriate XML files will be included in
the SciELO Citation Index on Web of Knowledge.
•Journals indexed in SciELO are not automatically evaluated for
inclusion in the Web of Science.
• Scientific content
• Peer Review
• Editorial Board
• Frequency
• Lifetime (must have published at least 4 issues)
• Timeliness
• Article titles, abstracts and
keywords in English
• Standardization
• Author affiliation

13. COUNTRIES
•Argentina
•Brazil
•Chile
•Columbia
•Costa Rica
•Cuba
•Spain
•Mexico
•Portugal
•South Africa
•Venezuela
SUBJECT CATEGORIES
Agricultural Sciences
Applied Social Sciences
Biological Sciences
Engineering
Exact and Earth Sciences
Health Sciences
Human Sciences
Linguistics, Letters and Arts
Mathematics
Physics
Social Sciences

17. 0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
Aug/13 Sep/13 Oct/13 Nov/13 Dec/13 Jan/14 Feb/14 Mar/14 Apr/14
Searches Sessions Record Views Citation Events

18. 0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
Aug/13 Sep/13 Oct/13 Nov/13 Dec/13 Jan/14 Feb/14 Mar/14
NA Europe Asia-Pac LA MAR

19. Publishing Standards
• Peer review, Editorial conventions
Editorial content
• Addition to knowledge in specific subject field
Diversity
• International, regional influence of authors, editors, advisors
Citation analysis
• Editors and authors’ prior work

21. Chinese
Science
Citation Index
SciELO
Citation Index
KCI Korea
Journal
Database
Russian
citation
database
The launch of the SciELO Citation Index is part of our commitment to
regional content expansion.
Focusing specifically on BRICK regions, we will continue to partner
with local academic and government organizations to deliver
regionally relevant, multidisciplinary resources that will increase the
discoverability of content from the most rapidly developing regions.

22. Incorporate African contents into WoK framework
• Regional partner(s) delivers a set of data from the African content as a
baseline and periodically delivers ongoing records in XML format
• Thomson Reuters uploads the source data (article records including cited
references) supplied from regional partners via processing it in WoK data
center
• Results from the African Citation Index would be included in Web of
Knowledge “All Databases” search.
Possible Implementation - Database connection
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Web of Science
African Citation Index
B-database C-database
A-database
D-database
Regional partners
African content
Web of Knowledge
Figure: database connection from African database to WoK platform

23. Advantage of hosting African Citation Index on
WOK
To increase visibility of African research output
• Web of Knowledge(WoK) is the premier global research platform for the
area of Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities with over 7000
customer worldwide.
• Showcasing the African Citation Index in WoK platform will extend the
visibility of African Citation Index to international research communities.
To improve quality of African research
• Associating African Citation Index with WoK, African researchers who want
their papers to be shown in African Citation Index have to ensure they
meet minimum standards defined by the local partners.
• This can motivate African researchers to enhance their research output
quality and such process can help to upgrade overall African research
quality in the future.
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24. Advantage of hosting African Citation
Index on WOK cont.
Use the African Citation Index to gain insight into
research in the region:
• The Global impact of African research
• Collaborations between Africa and the rest of the world
• Research focus, trends and hot topics in Africa
Extended coverage from the fastest growing and
increasingly important research region
• Identify leading researchers and institutes
• Find out who is being cited in Africa
• Find out which journals are being published and used in
African research