The Institute for Scientific Information

Foundational past, visionary future.

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The Institute for Scientific Information™ (ISI) builds on the work of Dr. Eugene Garfield – the original founder and a pioneer of information science. Named after the company he founded – the forerunner of the Web of Science™ – ISI was re-established in 2018 and serves as a home for analytic expertise, guided by his legacy and adapted to respond to technological advancements.

Our global team of industry-recognized experts focus on the development of existing and new bibliometric and analytical approaches, whilst fostering collaborations with partners and academic colleagues across the global research community.

The Institute for Scientific Information

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    Maintains the foundational knowledge and editorial rigor upon which the Web of Science index and its related products and services are built.
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    Carries out research to sustain, extend and improve the knowledge base and disseminates that knowledge to our colleagues, partners and all those who deal with research in academia, corporations, funders, publishers and governments.

Ocean Science: sustainability concerns add urgency for research

In a new report from the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate, we use bibliometric data and analyses to identify existing and emerging research fields across all ocean basins, as well as the current collaboration pathways.

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Reports

Our Global Research Reports and Insights papers draw on our unique industry insights to offer analysis, ideas and commentary to enlighten and stimulate debate.

Each one in the series demonstrates the huge potential of research data to inform management issues in research assessment and research policy and to accelerate development of the global research base.

Editorial Integrity

The robust evaluation and curation of our data make the Web of Science Core Collection™ the world’s most trusted publisher-independent global citation database.

Eugene Garfield Award

This international award recognizes early career researchers developing an innovative approach in citation analysis that improves the impact of how scientific research is evaluated.

Introducing the ISI leadership team

Jonathan Adams

Jonathan Adams is Chief Scientist at the Institute for Scientific Information. He is also a Visiting Professor at King’s College London, Policy Institute. In 2017 he was awarded an Honorary D.Sc. by the University of Exeter for his work in higher education and research policy.

Dr Gali Halevi

Dr Gali Halevi is Director at the Institute for Scientific Information. Previously she was Associate Dean of Libraries & Information Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System. She has a background in bibliometrics and has worked in academic publishing and as an information specialist for pharmaceutical and financial companies.

David Pendlebury

David Pendlebury is Head of Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information. Since 1983 he has used the Web of Science data to study the structure and dynamics of research. He worked for many years with ISI founder Eugene Garfield. With Henry Small, David developed the Web of Science Essential Science Indicators™.

Dr Nandita Quaderi

Dr Nandita Quaderi is Editor-in-Chief and VP Editorial of the Web of Science™ with responsibility for the policies and practices governing selection for the Web of Science and inclusion in Journal Citation Reports™. Dr Quaderi’s previous roles include Publishing Director of Open Research at Springer Nature and Principal Investigator at the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London.

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Read our blogs for insights from Web of Science experts on the ever-changing world of research intelligence, data and analytics. Find out how we make research connect.

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