The following sections describe information found in a full record. Any or all of the following fields may appear in a record, depending on the content and type of the source document. If no data are available for a particular field, then the field does not display.
Abstract
A brief summary or description of the essential content from the source document.
Foreign Title
A non-English title of an article.
Title
The English title of the article. If the title has been translated from a foreign title, then the title will appear within square brackets.
By
The author(s) of the article.
Group Author(s)
The name of the research groups, organizations or institutions that authored the document.
Book Author(s)
The names of one or more book authors.
Book Group Author(s)
The name of one or more book group (or corporate) authors.
Book Series: Book Series Subtitle
The name of the series that the book was issued along with volume number or other sequential designation.
Edited by
The name of one or more editors of a source publication. Note that a group (corporate) author can also be an editor.
Click the hyperlink to see a complete list of documents edited by the selected person.
View Researcher Profile and ORCID
Click an identifier to view the author's publication list on their Web of Science researcher profile or ORCID. An author may have a Web of Science ResearcherID number or an ORCID, or both.
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Source
The title of the book or journal. Source information may include:
- Volume
- Issue
- Pages
- Part
- DOI (Digital Object Indentifier)
- Item URL
- Source URL
- Publication Date
- Meeting Title
- Conference Location
- Conference Date
- Conference Sponsor
Source: Clicking the source provides the ability to search that source within Web of Science or view journal impact data where available.
Meeting Information
The meeting title, location, and date.
Meeting Sponsor(s)
The name of the organization that supported or funded the scientific meeting named in the meeting title.
Records published before 1998 do not contain the name of the meeting sponsor.
Addresses
The addresses of all authors and group authors indicated in the source journal.
The address may contain some or all of the following information:
- Department name
- Corporate division
- Institution
- Organization name
- Street address
- City
- Town
- County
- State
- Province
- Zip Code (or postal code)
- Country
E-mail Addresses
The e-mail address of the author(s).
Journal Information
Table of Contents: Current Contents Connect®
This field contains a link to the Current Contents Connect® Browse Journals page where you can browse the table of contents of journals and books covered by the editions and collections to which you subscribe in Current Contents Connect.
Journal Impact Factor: Journal Citation Reports®
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The Journal Impact Factor is defined as all citations to the journal in the current JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items (these comprise articles, reviews, and proceedings papers) published in the journal in the previous two years.
Though not a strict mathematical average, the Journal Impact Factor provides a functional approximation of the mean citation rate per citable item. A Journal Impact Factor of 1.0 means that, on average, the articles published one or two years ago have been cited one time. A Journal Impact Factor of 2.5 means that, on average, the articles published one or two years ago have been cited two and a half times. The citing works may be articles published in the same journal. However, most citing works are from different journals, proceedings, or books indexed in Web of Science Core Collection.
You can link to the full journal profile in Journal Citation Reports if you have a subscription.
Journal Citation Indicator: Journal Citation Reports®
The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is based on the mean category normalized citation impact (CNCI) for the journal. CNCIs are calculated at the document level and are based on citations from all documents in the three previous years and the JCR Year to articles and reviews published in the previous three years. The JCI is normalized for document type, publication year, and category. The average JCI for any category is 1. A JCI of 2 indicates that a journal is receiving twice the expected number of citations for the average journal in the category. A JCI of 0.5 indicates a journal is receiving half the expected number of citations for the average journal in the category. As citations distributions are skewed towards larger numbers of papers with fewer citations, the majority of journals in a category may have a JCI < 1.
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Categories / Classification
- Research Areas: Research Areas of the source document. This field may contain more than one research area.
Major Concepts
Broad subject areas covered in the source document by the author. Broader terms indicate a broader subject area and are subsets of other terms.
Concept Code
Five-digit codes representing broad areas in the life sciences. A definition follows the numeric code.
Taxonomic Data
- Super Taxa: High-level Taxonomic terms that refer to broad categories of organisms. Super Taxa are presented in order from lowest level Taxa to highest.
- Taxa Notes: Common names of broad groups of organisms and microorganisms discussed in the source document by the author.
- Organism Classifier: Represents the organism classifier and the corresponding Biosystematic Code for an organism discussed in the source document by the author. The code may be followed by an asterisk (*), which is used to indicate the reporting of a new Taxon within the source document. In some instances, the asterisk may be replaced with -NEW.
- *Organism Name: contains the name of an organism as given by the author(s) in the source document.
- *Variant: variant name for the organism. The variant may be a corrected spelling (from the author) or another common or species name.
- *Details: Other information such as gender of the organism, its developmental stage, and its role. It may also contain a fossil indicator and whether the organism is a new Taxon and its type.
Chemical Data
For records published from 1969 to 1992, the Chemical Data table may contain two columns that display a Chemical Name. If your subscription includes archived records (1926 to 1968), then the Chemical Data table may also display the Chemical Name.
For records published from 1993 to the present, the Chemical Data table may contain the following information.
- Chemical Name: Contains the name of a chemical or biochemical that is described in the source document. The terms used in Chemical Name are taken directly from the source document and reflect the usage of the author(s).
- Chemical Variant: Contains a variant of the term given in the Chemical Name.
- CAS registry Number: Contains the Chemical Abstracts Registry Number for the chemical name
- Drug Modifier: Contains terms used to define high-level categories of therapeutic actions of the Chemical Name as discussed in the source document.
- Enzyme Commission: Gives the Enzyme Commission number for the chemical named in Chemical Name. Enzyme Commission terms always begin with EC and are composed of numbers and periods.
- Chemical Detail: Contains additional terms used to describe details of the discussion of the chemical in Chemical Name from the source document including the role of the chemical and the processes in which it is involved.
Disease Data
- Term: The name of a plant, animal, human disease, disorder, or pathological condition as discussed in the source document.
- Variant: A variant name used to describe the disease term.
- MeSH Term: The National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Heading term(s) for the disease term. The MeSH term is followed by the MeSH designation in parentheses.
- Disease Affiliation: Terms to define common disease affiliations in order to provide a consistent search key.
- Details: Other explanatory details concerning the disease term as discussed in the source document by the author.
Gene Name Data
This table may contain the following information.
- Term: The name of a plant, animal, human disease, disorder, or pathological condition as discussed in the source document by the author. Gene Name Term also contains the organism classifier within square brackets following the gene name term. The name or classifier can be searched individually.
- Variant: A variant name for the Gene Name term.
- Details: Additional terms used to describe details of the discussion of the gene as discussed in the source document by the author.
Miscellaneous Descriptors
Additional subject terms assigned by indexers and taken from the source document. For example:
- Climate change
- Natural ecosystem
- Food safety
Associated Data
Click the link to view the metadata associated with this record from the Associated Data results page in the Data Citation Index. The metadata includes:
- Title
- Authors / Group Authors
- Source information
- DOI URL hyperlink
- Document Type (Repository, Data Study, or Data Set)
- Software
(N.B. Your level of access will depend on your subscription access to Data Citation Index).
Document Information (not all records have all fields)
Document Type
The selected document type (for example, Article, Letter, or Meeting). Note that some books and meeting documents are available in the product.
Literature Type
The selected literature type. For example: Meeting Summary
See also literature type for more information.
Medium
The medium in which the source document was published. Applicable to records from 1998 to the present.
Language
The selected language of the source document.
Accession Number
The accession number is a unique identifying number associated with each record in the product. It consists of a product identification code, a product year, and a unique item number.
PMID
PubMed ID. This field is available only in records of documents that have a PubMed ID.
ISBN
The International Standard Book Number is a unique machine-readable identifier that marks a book unmistakably.
The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or an X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN identifier. Example: 978-0-387-36949-5
ISSN
The International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has a print ISSN, then that number displays in this field. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 1367-4803
eISSN
The Electronic International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has an electronic ISSN, then that number display in this field. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 1367-4803
Other Information
Geographic Data
This table may contain the following information.
- Term: A geographic term that describes a location or place pertaining to the research as used in the source document by the author.
- Variant: A variant name for the geographic term.
- Geopolitical Terms: The names of geopolitical areas.
- Zoogeographical Region: The Zoogeographic Region where the Geographic Term is located.
Geologic Time Data
This table may contain the following information.
- Time: A geological time period or era mentioned in the source document by the author.
- Classifier: A broader geological time period term relating to the term that appears in the Time field. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
- Detail: Other explanatory details concerning the geologic time term as discussed in the source document by the author.
Methods and Equipment Data
This table may contain the following information for records published from 1998 to the present.
- Methods and Equipment Term: Contains a term describing a method, apparatus, or scientific technique discussed in the source document. The terms used for Methods and Equipment Term are taken directly from the source document.
- Methods and Equipment Variant: Contains a variant term for Methods and Equipment Term. Equipment contains a term which categorizes a type of equipment in the Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
- Methods and Equipment Supplier: Contains the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the method or equipment in Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
- Methods and Equipment Role: Describes the role of the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document. The terms used in Methods and Equipment Role are taken from the BIOSIS Controlled Vocabulary, Methods & Equipment Roles. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
- Methods and Equipment Detail: Contains additional terms and phrases describing the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document.
Parts and Structures Data
This table may contain the following information.
- Term: Components of organisms above the macromolecular level as discussed in the source document by the author.
- Variant: A variant name for the Parts & Structure term.
- Organ Systems: A high-level organ system of which the Parts & Structure term is a part.
- Detail: Other explanatory details concerning the Parts & Structure term as discussed in the source document by the author.
Sequence Data
This table may contain the following information.
- Accession No.: A unique number that identifies a molecular sequence as assigned by a data bank and as cited in the source document by the author. The number consists of alphabetic and numeric characters.
- Data Bank: The name or acronym associated with the molecular sequence data bank to which the Sequence Accession No. refers as discussed in the source document by the author.
- Details: Indicates what type of molecular sequence is noted in Sequence Accession No.