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Web of Science

Summary

Web of Science is a bibliographic database[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of bibliographic_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Web of Science is the creator of Eugene Garfield[3].
  • Web of Science's instance of is recorded as bibliographic database[4].
  • Web of Science's instance of is recorded as citation index[5].
  • Web of Science's owned by is recorded as Clarivate[6].
  • Web of Science's operator is recorded as Clarivate[7].
  • Web of Science's follows is recorded as Web of Knowledge[8].
  • Web of Science's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Web of Science's has part is recorded as Science Citation Index Expanded[10].
  • +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Web of Science[11].
  • Web of Science's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bzh67[12].
  • Web of Science's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph316227[13].
  • Web of Science's official website is recorded as https://mjl.clarivate.com/home[14].
  • Web of Science's official website is recorded as https://clarivate.com/academia-government/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-referencing/web-of-science/[15].
  • Web of Science's product or material produced is recorded as scholarly profiling[16].
  • Web of Science's described by source is recorded as Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure[17].
  • Web of Science's replaces is recorded as Publons[18].
  • Web of Science's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8372[19].
  • Web of Science's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WoS'}[20].
  • Web of Science's Quora topic ID is recorded as Web-of-Science[21].
  • Web of Science's Quora topic ID is recorded as ISI-WoS[22].
  • Web of Science's Namuwiki ID is recorded as Web of Science[23].
  • Web of Science's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3020774429[24].
  • Web of Science's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/web-of-science[25].
  • Web of Science's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as immunology-and-microbiology/web-of-science[26].
  • Web of Science's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as nursing-and-health-professions/web-of-science[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include bibliographic database[4] and citation index[5].

History and Context

+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Web of Science[11]. Its owned by is recorded as Clarivate[6].

Why It Matters

Web of Science ranks in the top 2% of bibliographic_database entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Eugene Garfield

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . prnewswire.com. Retrieved . prnewswire.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Bibliographic Scan of Digital Scholarly Communication Infrastructure. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . clarivate.com. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . clarivate.com. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . clarivate.com. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . clarivate.com. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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