Web of Science

Enter the names of the authors you want to look up. For Web of Science searches (only), you should enter the author names as Lastname, Initial.

For general tips on search syntax, see Author search.

Enter the range of years in which the papers must have been published. You can set either year to 0 (zero) to indicate "don't care".

Enter the affilations that you want to search for. For tips on search syntax, see Affiliation search.

Enter the name of the publication or journal you want to look up. For tips on search syntax, see Journal search.

Enter the ISSNs of the journals you want to look up. The ISSNs must use the format dddd-dddd, i.e., 4 digits, a hyphen, and another 4 digits.

Enter words from the title of the article that you want to look up. For tips on search syntax, see General/keyword search.

Enter any additional words that must appear alone or in combination in the title, abstract, or main text of the returned papers. This can be used to narrow down the search for a specific set of papers. For tips on search syntax, see General/keyword search.

Perform the search. If possible, the search is satisfied from the local Publish or Perish cache; this saves time and reduces the load on Web of Science. If no cache entry for the search exists or the entry is older than the maximum cache age, then the search is forwarded to Web of Science. After the results are received from Web of Science, the local cache is automatically refreshed.

Submit the search directly to Web of Science, bypassing the local Publish or Perish cache. This may be useful if you suspect that Web of Sciencemay have newer information than is available through the local cache. When the results are returned from PubMed, the local cache is automatically refreshed.

Note: It is not useful to perform multiple direct lookups for the same search shortly after another; this merely increases the load on Web of Science. We recommend that you only use the Lookup Direct function as a last resort.