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The ISI Web of Knowledge, a modern system for the information support of scientific research: a review

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This paper describes an automated system for information support of scientific research, the ISI Web of Knowledge, which is one of the largest systems in the modern world; approximately 150000 users turn to it each day. The system was created in 1992 based on the experience and achievements of the well-known American information firm Institute for Scientific Information, which was purchased by Thomson Corp., a Canadian information-publishing firm. The main principles of the building of this system, the information resources used in it, and the main directions of its development are characterized.

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Original Russian Text © A.I. Chernyi, 2009, published in Nauchno-Technicheskaya Informatsiya, Seriya 1, 2009, No. 12, pp. 15–22.

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Chernyi, A.I. The ISI Web of Knowledge, a modern system for the information support of scientific research: a review. Sci. Tech.Inf. Proc. 36, 351–358 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147688209060069

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