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ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE USAGE ROCKETS

Usage forecast to exceed 50 million visits in 2005

Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK — November 28, 2005 — Today, Thomson Scientific announced that ISI Web of KnowledgeSM is consistently smashing usage expectations, with an average of over 130,000 visits every day from millions of researchers across the globe.

In the UK alone there were 505,086 visits recorded in October, a new record. The number of searches conducted during each visit is also increasing: now averaging more than three per session.

Results from the Thomson Scientific annual customer satisfaction survey show that researchers most value:

  • Search results that can be relied upon for critical decision making – Thomson Scientific editorial experts carefully select the most influential and relevant information available
  • Unique Cited Reference Searching – capability to navigate forward, backward and through the literature to uncover the information relevant to their work, and to learn who is citing their work
  • Vast depth and breadth of information – over 100 years of backfiles within Web of Science ® let researchers dig deep, multidisciplinary, multi-publisher content lets them dig wide – with over 230 disciplines thoroughly covered, 22,000 journals, 23 million patents, 12,000 conference proceedings, 5,500 Web sites, 5,000 books, 2 million chemical structures, and now scholarly Web content via the Web Citation Index
  • The new analyze tool – helps researchers identify trends and patterns that aren’t immediately apparent, yet are vital to the total research picture
  • Ease of use – an intuitive interface with search options to suit users at every level
  • Seamless access to full-text resources – over 16 million full text links to 10,000 journals from more than 300 publishers


"We are inspired by the huge number of researchers who rely on us to deliver all the research data and tools they need to reach their goals, and we are committed to continually improve their research experience," said Keith MacGregor , executive vice president of Academic and Government markets, Thomson Scientific. "It's personally very encouraging to hear the large number of messages sent in commenting on the usefulness of the ISI Web of Knowledge database. Messages that include terms like excellent, brilliant, and terrific!"

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