The Web of Science

Release notes

We’re working to improve the Web of Science to provide you with new ways to accelerate your research in the world’s leading global citation database. You can find updates here outlining the functionality we’ve added to the new system so far, and what we’ll be working on next.

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Web of Science Release Notes, August 31, 2023

Affiliation Department Standardization and Unification; Open publisher-invited reviews “Quick filter”

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Web of Science Release Notes, August 3, 2023

Full Record Redesign; Strategic Development Goals (SDG) Refine and Analyze Results for all Web of Science Core Collection users; Add peer reviews to preprints.

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Web of Science Release Notes, July 20, 2023

New AI enabled topic and keyword search suggestions; Expanded grant coverage with data from Pivot-RP

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Web of Science Release Notes, July 13, 2023

New collection, ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index released to the Web of Science platform!

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Web of Science Release Notes, June 8, 2023

Patent to article citation metric for Web of Science Researcher Profiles

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Web of Science Release Notes, May 25, 2023

Include Preprint publications in Researcher Profile CV, view patent record in the Derwent Innovations Index directly from Web of Science Core Collection structure search.

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Web of Science Release Notes, May 4, 2023

Full text access via ProQuest Platform now available for mutual customers.

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Web of Science Release Notes, April 13, 2023

Automatic updates to claimed profiles, Refine and Analyze by “Sustainable Development Goals” for InCites co-subscribers.

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Web of Science Release Notes, March 30, 2023

Recommended researchers in profiles, Refine and Analyze by Micro Citation Topic, and the homepage dashboard widget

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Web of Science Release Notes, March 16, 2023

Register your reviewer interest with journals, export 150k records to InCItes, claimed status filter.

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Web of Science Release Notes, February 23, 2023

Profile Settings Navigation, Improved display of Organization Names on Profiles, Sort publications by citation count on author preview, and view Pending Record edits.

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Web of Science Release Notes, February 2, 2023

Improvements to Data Citation Index user experience, Preprints in WoS Expanded API, and improvements to the Researcher API.

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Web of Science Release Notes, January 19, 2023

Publications sorting in researcher profiles, updated published organization display.

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Web of Science Release Notes, January 5, 2023

Personalized Pivot-RP conference recommendations, cited article information for author citation alerts and reorganize widgets on your personal homepage.

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New Web of Science Release Notes, December 1, 2022

New Web of Science Researcher API

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New Web of Science Release Notes, November 22, 2022

Minimize and expand personalized homepage widgets, display editorial boards on researcher profile.

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New Web of Science November 10 Release Notes

Researcher search by organization, peer review percentiles, export documents to profile

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New Web of Science October 27 Release Notes

Improvements to Search History export; launch of the Web of Science Admin Portal; Alert Management update

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New Web of Science October 13 Release Notes

New author alert types: publication and citation alert, Pivot-RP quick links, send researcher CV to multiple email addresses.

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New Web of Science September 29 Release Notes

Patent-to-article citations now in the Web of Science Core Collection, new Citation Topics feature, new Profile setting, and Profile reviews by year option.

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New Web of Science September 1 Release Notes

Journal Citation Indicator added, FSTA Keywords added to panoramic record view, added export to Excel to more databases

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New Web of Science August 18 Release Notes

Web of Science Researcher Profiles, Excel export in Current Contents Connect, Sunset RSS feeds

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New Web of Science August 4 Release Notes

Author Impact Beamplot filters, Extended co-author list in researcher profiles, and a quick link to view a researcher’s documents as a set of results.

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New Web of Science July 21 Release Notes

Researcher Profiles in document search results and personalized article recommendations in the personalized homepage dashboard

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New Web of Science July 12 Release Notes

Web of Science ResearcherIDs on all author records

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New Web of Science July 7 Release Notes

Personalized Home Page, Improved Export Support

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New Web of Science May 26 Release Notes

Improved marked lists, Enriched cited references quick filter

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New Web of Science May 12 Release Notes

New citation context features, Improved marked lists

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New Web of Science April 28 Release Notes

Citation map and JCR journal information on researcher profiles.

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New Web of Science April 14 Release Notes

Author position filtering, Fast 5000 export, and expanded accessibility support.

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New Web of Science March 17 Release Notes

BibTeX format update, Notes for RIS export and compound-based patent searches for DII Advance search.

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New Web of Science March 3 Release Notes

Email export now available, printable HTML format in CSCD and a few fixes for issues in the Derwent Innovations Index.

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New Web of Science February 18 Release Notes

Nuanced citation classifications, more regional content in panoramic article view, and more!

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New Web of Science February 3 Release Notes

Export to RefWorks, more RIS export, and more export options now available along with regional content added to panoramic article view.

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New Web of Science January 20 Release Notes

Improved refine and export capabilities in Marked List, Analyze by Affiliation in All Databases, and Custom Export Field Selections in every database.

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New Web of Science January 6 Release Notes

Sunset of Web of Science classic, display of all saved search sets after rerunning a classic search alert.

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New WOS December 9 Release Notes

Personalized settings, Search enhancements, Panoramic article view available in Web of Science Core Collection, improved retraction support, and changes to the Basic Search homepage to make Researcher Search more prominent.

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New WOS November 11 Release Notes

Expanded panoramic article view, Researcher Profiles now display items not indexed in Web of Science Core Collection, easier browsing of Refine option, expanded JCR access, and Chemical Structure export.

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New WOS October 28 Release Notes

Panoramic article view

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New WOS October 14 Release Notes

New structure search page, expanded timespan support and updates to your search history.

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New WOS September 30 Release Notes

Export, profiles, and search updates

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New WOS September 16 Release Notes

Support for Saving Search Alerts for Set Combination searches, Profiles now include peer review tab and metrics dashboard, export and search updates

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New WOS September 2 Release Notes

Citation alerts now include context, Publication Name and other search aids, Printable HTML File export, expanded RIS support, and more.

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New WOS August 19 Release Notes 

DII Compound Search, Suggest a Data Correction, and more.

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New WOS August 5 Release Notes

Search improvements, CABI full text links, BibTeX export and more.

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New WOS July 22nd Release Notes

Expanded open access with Green Submitted, enriched cited references classifications, and more!

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New WOS July 1st Release Notes

Basic, advanced and cited patent search in the Derwent Innovations Index. Localized Help files available in nine languages.

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New WOS June 24th Release Notes

Current Contents Connect, marked lists, edition selector and curated author records label.

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New WOS June 10th Release Notes

Core Collection Structure search for compound and reaction data, Index date selection, alert management and add name variant in author search.

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New WOS May 27th Release Notes

Search Funding Details, persistent links for claimed Author Records, additional language localization, and more

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New WoS April 29 Release Notes

“You may also like…”, Enriched cited references, Export to Publons, and more

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New WoS April 15 Release Notes

Localized for Simplified Chinese, Cited Reference Search for all citation databases, and more

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New WOS March 24 Release Notes

FSTA, Author Record ‘Submit a Correction’, Cited Reference Search, Citation Alerts and more…

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New WOS February 25 Release Notes

Author Impact Beamplots, INSPEC, RIS export and more …

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New WOS January 21 Release Notes

New WOS January 21 Release Notes

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New WOS December 16 Release Notes

New WOS December 16 Release Notes

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New WOS November 19 Release Notes

Author Search, Search alerts, Export to Excel and much more!

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New WOS October 22nd Release Notes

All Databases, more regional content, export in plain text, and more!

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New WOS September 25th Release Notes

Copy Search Query, MeSH terms thesaurus, SciELO and much more

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New WOS September 1st Release Notes

Analyze Results, Chinese Science Citation Database, and more

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New WOS July 30th Release Notes

Advanced search, Zoological Records, and Save to EndNote Desktop

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New WOS June 30th Release Notes

New search dates, Citation Report, and BIOSIS now available

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Information for Web of Science administrators

Product Accessibility Conformance Report

Continuing our effort to support accessibility, we are now in the position to announce that we are publishing WCAG 2.1 AA Product Accessibility Conformance Report for New WoS, a level higher from what we previously achieve as we believe this is the right thing to do.

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Web of Science Accessibility Statement

We are committed to developing products that can be used by all people, including those with disabilities.  Learn more about our accessibility statement.

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Frequently Asked Questions for Administrators

Get answers about your institution’s access to the new Web of Science.

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