Basic Training 2023 for PhD students

Web of Science
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Medical Library
Ext： 2509
E-mail： med@nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Nobuyuki Hamajima, MD, PhD, MPH
Emeritus Professor, Nagoya University
Advisor, Kishokai Medical Corporation※As of 2021

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1.

Overview

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Basic Search

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Advanced Search4.

Use the functions

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Contents
1.

Overview

2.

Basic Search

3.

Advanced Search4.

Use the functions

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What is the WoS Core Collection?
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Contains information on articles from top journals
Covers humanities, social sciences, and natural sciencesContains conference proceedings and technical books
Citation information = bibliographic information ofreferences and mutual links
Entrance to JCR, EndNote basic
No limit on the number of accesses
Can be accessed from off-campus (THERS
account/required)

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Types of citation information
Cited references••

List of references of each article

Citations•••

List of papers that cited each article
How the research were evolved.

Related records••

Closely related research

5Comparison with PubMed
PubMedWeb of ScienceField

Biomedical, Life sciences All fields

Period1946～

NumberofAbout 5,200Journals
Information on articles
Contents published in academic
journals
Thesaurus search andFeatures medical field-specificrefinement

1900～
All fields: About 12,000
Biomedical: About 3,800
Information on articles
published in the selected
top journals

Search using a wealth ofcitation information
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How do you use it?

PubMedWeb of Science Search without omission
 Systematic search Find important references
 Tracking the "After" of Research Conducting interdisciplinary
research

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Contents
1.

Overview

2.

Basic Search

3.

Advanced Search4.

Use the functions

8Setting search conditions

9Setting search conditions

Setting the search range

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Setting search conditions

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Setting search conditions
ExamplesTopicTitle, abstract, author keywords, andKeywords Plus.
AuthorAuthors and Group Author.
Publication
Journal titles, book titles, proceefings
Titlestitles, and more.
Affiliation
Organization names and/or their namevariants.
DOI/PubMed ID Specific article.

12Setting search conditions
Add search criteria

Select a search operator
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Points to search
There is no thesaurus.

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Automatic processing of conjugations andspelling variations *Topic, title onlyUse synonyms

Search operators••

Add synonyms with OR•

Exclude unnecessary words with NOT
For more information,
click the "Help" button.

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Points to search
To search for an exact phrase, enclose thephrase in quotation marks *Topic, title only••

“prenatal exposure”→ prenatal alcohol
exposure is not a hit

Use wildcards•••

Automatic processing of conjugations is disabledfor phrase search.
Add an asterisk (*) before, during, or after thesearch term.
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Wildcard Characters (Truncation)
Symbol*Retrieves

Zero or morecharacters

Examplesprenatal*・prenatally*natal・neonatal
・perinatal

p*natal・prenatal・perinatal?

One characterorgani?ation
only・organization
・organisation$Zero or one
character・modeling・modelling“model$ing”

16Author Search / Publication Titles SearchAuthor•

Enter the last name first followed by a space andthe author’s initials*.
• ex）chitwood w*• If necessary, add the name of the author's organization•

Publication Titles••

Enter the full title or an abbreviation and add * at theend.

•ex) cancer research or can* res*

•You can select from the index.
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Search example
Try to find research articles on iPS cells.
•Set the search field to "topic"•

iPS cell = induced pluripotent stem cell•

Specify the exact phrases••

To search for both “ips cell" and “ips cells", add
an asterisk (*) at the end
Connecting phrases with the search operator(OR)“ips cell*”OR“induced pluripotent stem cell*”18

Results

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Results
Get the full text

Click to add to your Marked List

・Save in reference management tool・Print or email
・Save text20

Advanced Search Query Builder
Search by combining histories21

Quick Filters

Other than this, Authors,Affiliations, Publication
Titles, etc.

Check the box and click"Refine" or "Exclude"

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Contents
1.

Overview

2.

Basic Search

3.

Advanced Search4.

Use the functions

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Find important articles

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Find important articles

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Highly Cited Papers ＆ Hot Papers

26Find important articles
Citations
Number of records thatcited current one
Cited References
Number of referencesthat current record cites
Related Records
List of papers that cite the samereferences
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Understand the research process
Article Ａ
References

Citations

Number of records
that cited current one

References
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

Cited References
Number of referencesthat current record
cites

Related Records

List of papers that cite
the same references
The past

References

・・・・・・・・・・

current

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The futureMonitor the latest researchKeep up to date withinformation that matters toyou by setting up search andcitation alerts.

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Monitor the latest research
Search result ↓“History”↓

Automatic search and notificationof results (account required)30

Analyze research trends

31Analyze research trends
Change display items

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Contents1.

Overview2.

Basic Search

3.

Advanced Search4.

Use the functions

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What is Impact Factor (IF)?
••＝The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a ratio which divides ajournal’s received citations by a count of its published articles.
JIF is calculated using the following metrics (example for2020):

Citations in 2020 to items published in 2018 + 2019
Number of citable items in 2018 + 2019
※ Changes in journal name or ISSN are considered as a new journal.
※ Items like editorials, letters, and news items are excluded from thedenominator.
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Using the WoS•From the search results screen or thearticles details screen

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Using the JCR••••

Various indicators such as IF
Data updated annually(around June or July)
Data available since 1997.
Before 1996: CD-ROMs andbooklets from the CentralLibrary.
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Using the JCR
Search by journal name, ISSN, etc.

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Using the JCR•

Click on “Journals".

Filter38

Using the JCR•

Research the most influential journals inpediatrics.

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Using the JCR•Change of IF40

Summry
Use the Web of Science•

Multi-functional database with citation network• Contains selected journals in all fields• There is no thesaurus, so be careful with search terms.
• Use functions for different stages and scenes ofresearch.
•Find out the impact factor.

•Check with WoS search results. Or search in JCR.
• One way to evaluate a magazine. Also requiresattention.
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