Universität Wien

980006 TS Introduction to the multidisciplinary database Web of Science (2020W)

0.00 ECTS (0.20 SWS), DoktorandInnenzentrum-Kursangebot
Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 14 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

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The workshop will be offered online. You will receive an email with the link to the online platform shortly before the workshop.

  • Monday 19.10. 14:00 - 17:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This workshop offers an introduction to the database Web of Science. In this multidisciplinary database all bibliographic data (title, authors, source) can be found. Additionally abstracts and the reference list are saved in an attachment to the article and can be searched. This reference attachment is so to speak, the trade mark of this product as it combines the function of a reference- with a citation database. This allows you to find all publications which cite a specific publication of a scientist, an institution or a country). Approximately 9200 scientific journals with around 37 million articles of all disciplines are thereby analyzed.
ISI Web of Knowledge (with its main part Web of Science as well as further analytical tools) is the classic tool to answer following questions:
- How is research developing in my field?
- What are new 'hot topics' and research trends?
- What are the main (and constantly cited) articles in my field?
- How visible are my publications?
- How can I enhance my visibility?
- What is the impact of my publication? (How often are my publications cited?)
- How many citations do my publications need in order to range along the best?
- Who are my competitors in my field?
- How is my research output in comparison to the output of my competitors?

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Optimal application of this database (Web of Science) and the additionally offered analytical tools (Journal Citations Reports, JCR, Essential Science Indicators, ESI, etc), be it for literature search or for the choice of the right journals for own publications of research results.

Examination topics

Reading list

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