On 1 December the upgraded Web of Science bibliographical database of scholarly articles from 12,500 peer-reviewed journals was launched with enhanced functionalities:

• Author Search: In the Web of Science Core Collection search page, the Author Search tab can be used to locate author indexed works in the Web of Science
• Search Alerts: To receive emails with new results from a search query, click on ‘Create Alert’ in the Search results or History page
• Export Records to Excel: It is now possible to select ‘Export to Excel file’ from the Export dropdown (for export to EndNote online, EndNote desktop and Plain text format). Full details

2016 Journal Citation Reports’ data is now available in the Web of Science bibliographical database. The Journal Citation Reports’ interface includes an interactive map of journal citation networks; new left-menu facets for subsetting search returns; an impact factor range indicator; and an average Journal Impact Factor percentile range. “The 2016 release, with 2015 citation data for literature within the sciences and social sciences, features 11,365 journal listings… 81 countries are represented.” The Web of Science database is also cross-indexed with Google Scholar. Reciprocal links allow users to run the same search criteria between the two databases, locating full text where available.

Thomson Reuters has upgraded the Journal Citation Reports interface in the Web of Science. EUI members can access JCR via the top menu of the Web of Science interface. The upgrade includes an interactive map of journal citation networks; new left-menu facets for subsetting search returns; an impact factor range indicator; and an average Journal Impact Factor percentile range. For title changes, Journal Citation Reports now includes a View Title Changes index. An overview of the Web of Science – with an introduction to Google Scholar-Web of Science cross-indexing – is on this Library page.

Thomson Reuters’ has released data on the composition of the new Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) which was added to Thomson Retuers’ Web of Science bibliographical database on 8 November 2015. 45% of the ESCI is from European sources; 17% is from North America and 16% is from Asia Pacific. The database is part of the Web of Science, accessible via this EUI Catalogue record. The new ESCI increases Web of Science coverage by providing bibliographical data from peer-reviewed journals “of regional importance and in emerging research fields… ESCI will make important regional content visible.” Thomson Reuters offers a webcast on ESCI on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 10:00 GMT.

The Web of Science bibliographical database is now cross-indexed with Google Scholar. The new initiative allows users to project the same search terms from Web of Science to Google Scholar – locating full text where available. Users can also move quickly from Google Scholar to the Web of Science database for citation data, bibliographical records and related publications. Enter the Web of Science via the Library catalogue (EUI members). Enter Google Scholar via this link. Full details.

Thomson Reuters launched the new Web of Science interface – with unified search field – on 12 January 2014. The EUI Library has created a support page for the upgrade. From March 2014, the Web of Science will be cross-linked with Google Scholar, and EUI members will be able to click through to full texts in the Library collections. A presentation of the new features will take place on Friday, 28 February, at 13:30 in the Library training room. More details…