Thomson Reuters Launches Book Citation Index for Web of Knowledge
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Most comprehensive index of its kind helps complete the research picture with
the inclusion of scholarly books to the world's most powerful search and
discovery platform
Philadelphia, PA, London, UK, October 10, 2011 - Thomson Reuters, the world's
leading source of information for businesses and professionals, today announced
the launch of the Book Citation Index, a new resource within the Web of
Knowledge platform covering 25,000 books in the sciences, social sciences, and
arts and humanities.
The Book Citation Index is designed to enhance the powerful discovery and
analysis capabilities of Web of Knowledge by incorporating comprehensive book
citation data. Researchers can search for and identify the most relevant and
esteemed literature along with the 12,000 peer-reviewed journals and 150,000
conference proceedings already indexed in Web of Knowledge, enabling users to
navigate the links in citations across books, journals and proceedings. Books
are indexed at the chapter level, resulting in improved searches and deeper
insights into the citing behavior between books and the wider world of scholarly
research.
The new layer of citation data created by the addition of the Book Citation
Index to Web of Knowledge has implications for the entire platform and its
users. Those who work primarily in the arts and humanities will benefit from
increased visibility for their works, which may not have been indexed among
other scholarly publications, while all researchers will have greater
opportunity for collaboration as a result of increased citations. Initially,
13.5 million additional cited references will appear in Web of Knowledge as a
result of the Book Citation Index launch.
Charles Watkinson, director, Purdue University Press, said: "In the networked
environment, books have been at risk of becoming invisible. The Book Citation
Index will bring monographic literature back to the heart of the research
process, where it belongs. It will be a major benefit to publishers, librarians,
and scholars alike."
Content for the Book Citation Index is comprised of scholarly books, both
electronic and print, that present fully referenced articles of original
research or reviews of the literature, and has been carefully selected based on
well-defined criteria to offer the most significant literature available. The
index consists of 25,000 books, dating back to 2005. Coverage is expected to
rise to 30,000 books by the end of 2011, with 10,000 new books added each year.
In addition, universities and research institutions can connect their library's
book catalogue and collection of e-books with the Book Citation Index,
increasing the visibility of valuable collections and subscriptions to users,
and giving libraries greater value from their invested budget.
Keith MacGregor, executive vice-president at Thomson Reuters, commented: "We are
excited about the launch of the Book Citation Index and the added benefits it
will bring to Web of Knowledge. We look forward to connecting our customers to
more high-quality books and helping to expand the scope of their research."
For more information on the Book Citation Index, go
tohttp://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/bookcitationindex/. More
information on the book selection process for the index is available at
http://wokinfo.com/media/pdf/BKCI-SelectionEssay_web.pdf.
If you would like to see a book included in the Book Citation Index, please
contact the publisher. If you are a publisher, please contact ourPublisher
Relations Team.
Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge provides access to the world's largest citation
databases, including Web of Science, which covers over 100 years of research in
more than 12,000 of the highest impact journals, and over 150,000 conference
proceedings records from around the world.
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