Web of science: a unique method of cited reference searching.
The number of times an article is acknowledged as a reference in another article reflects its scientific impact. Citation analysis is one of the parameters for assessing the quality of research published in scientific, technology and social science journals. Web of Science enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information. Parameters and practical applications evaluating journal and article citation characteristics available through the Science Citation Index are summarized.
Sevinc
Alper
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Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sahinbey Medical Center, Gaziantep TR-27310, Turkey. sevinc@gantep.edu.tr
D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*