{"id":172359,"date":"2022-02-18T09:16:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T09:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/?p=172359"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:05:10","slug":"how-the-web-of-science-enables-innovation-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarivate.com\/intellectual-property\/blog\/how-the-web-of-science-enables-innovation-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Web of Science enables innovation in agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

CGIAR, the world’s largest global agricultural innovation network, used our Web of Science\u2122 API to significantly reduce their manual workload. In this article,<\/em><\/strong> Valentina De Col and Enrico Bonaiuti share their story about what this involved and how it led to efficient and reliable data assessment. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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CGIAR<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest global agricultural innovation network dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services, has recently introduced a new tool, the M-QAP (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Quality Assurance Processor), to help assess the quality of its scientific publications. The tool uses APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and, among them, the Web of Science API<\/a> to make sure publications are peer-reviewed and indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection\u2122.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Web of Science API has recently processed more than 2,500 articles during quality assurance of the CGIAR Annual Performance Report. By automatically validating, articles were indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, our API helped CGIAR reduce their manual workload and guarantee efficient and reliable data validation.<\/p>\n

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Publications are a key indicator<\/h3>\n

Scientific publications are one of the outputs of research efforts and investments produced by CGIAR. CGIAR reports annually on the number of peer-reviewed publications as well as each peer-reviewed publication\u2019s Web of Science Core Collection and open access status.<\/a><\/p>\n

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How CGIAR saved time and resources<\/h3>\n

During the quality assurance of the 2020 CGIAR Annual Performance Report, the Web of Science API<\/strong> processed more than 2,500 articles <\/strong>with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and automatically validated around 90% as covered in Web of Science Core Collection<\/strong>. This had a significant impact in reducing manual quality assessment work, saving both time and resources, and improving the overall performance of the process within the organisation when assessing the quality of scientific publications.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis had a significant impact in reducing manual quality assessment work, saving both time and resources. It also improved the overall performance of the process within the organization when assessing the quality of scientific publications.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Reducing the workload of data entry and curation<\/h3>\n

Since 2020, the Web of Science API has been added in the M-QAP, a new tool integrated into the centralised CGIAR web service CLARISA<\/a> (CGIAR Level Agricultural Results Interoperable System Architecture) and in two Management Information System platforms MEL<\/a> (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) and MARLO<\/a> (Managing Agricultural Research for Learning and Outcomes).<\/p>\n

The tool has been developed and implemented by the MEL team at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) in collaboration with the Innovations and Business Development Team at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).<\/p>\n

The Web of Science API helped CGIAR to:<\/p>\n