DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
KNOWLEDGE
ISI
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SCIENCE
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It has been over three years since the University of Malaya implemented the requirement for
academics to publish in ISI Web of Science journals. Still, the confusion over ISI Web of
Knowledge and ISI Web of Science has not cleared completely. The University of Malaya’s
requirement is only based on journal articles published and cited in ISI WEB OF SCIENCE.
So, what then is ISI Web of Knowledge?
Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge is a research platform that gives you access to objective
content and powerful tools to search, track, measure and collaborate in the sciences, social
sciences, arts, and humanities. Journal articles, patents, websites, conference proceedings,
Open Access material — all can be accessed through one interface, using a variety of powerful
search and analysis tools. In the 80’s, the print titles were known as the Science Citation
Indexes and Social Sciences & Humanities Citation Indexes. For those who can remember
these titles, they were heavy voluminous works with commendable value and information.
The Web of Knowledge now encompasses the following:
Biological Abstracts
CABI
Essential Science
Indicators
Journal Citation
Reports
BIOSIS Citation Index
Chinese Science Citation
Database
Food Science and
Technology Abstracts
Medline
BIOSIS Previews
Current Contents Connect
Global Health
CAB Abstracts
Derwent
Innovations Index
Inspec
Web of Science
Zoological Record
WEB OF SCIENCE
Web of Science is found within the Web of Knowledge platform. This resource offers access
to journal articles in the sciences, social sciences and arts & humanities. Web of Science
contains over 100 years of valuable research, fully indexed and cross-searchable. 92% of the
top universities in the world have all three science, social science, and arts & humanities
editions. University of Malaya subscribes to all three. While almost all publications in the Web
of Knowledge are considered scholarly, it must be reiterated that University of Malaya ONLY
takes into consideration publications in the Web of Science.
This also means that publications in the other databases within Web of Knowledge such as
Zoological Records, Biological Abstracts, etc, are not considered as ISI papers.
TO ACCESS WEB OF SCIENCE WITHIN WEB OF KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM
You have to be a registered member of the University of Malaya library to access this database.
Go to the following URL : http://www.diglib.um.edu.my/interaktif/ . Login using your library
barcode which begins with X followed by numericals. Do remember to click on DATABASES
after login. Choose Web of Science. This database can also be accessed from your home
outside UM campus provided you login via UM library’s interactive portal. You will see on your
screen as in Figure 1 below.
Figure1: Web of Science within Web of Knowledge
WEB OF SCIENCE
It must be emphasized that Web of Science has the following databases as shown below in
Figure 2: (i) Science Citation Index, (ii) Social Sciences Citation Index, (iii) Arts & Humanities
Citation Index, (iv) Conference Proceedings Index-Science and (v) Conference Proceedings
Citation Index-Social Science
Figure 2: Web of Science
Although ISI Web of Science has 5 databases as mentioned earlier, University of Malaya only
considers ISI journal articles published in Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index
and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Any publications in the Conference Proceedings
databases are not considered as ISI papers.
Prepared by : Janaki S, Deputy Chief Librarian, University of Malaya; email: Janaki@um.edu.my