Web of Science Training

This is a series of free WebEx trainings being conducted by the Clarivate product experts on various aspects of the Web of Science platform to support academic institutions with effective scientific discovery and writing.

Program Schedule:

  • Session 1 | Monday, 21 February 2022 at 11:00AM (India Time)
  • Session 2 | Tuesday, 22 February 2022 at 11:00AM (India Time)
  • Session 3 | Wednesday, 23 February 2022 at 11:00AM (India Time)

Please note that included in the training are examples from STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics), SSH (Social sciences and humanities) and management disciplines during the training program.

Additional note:

  • A quiz will be conducted for participants that have attended all the 3 webinars. Only attendees that score >=70% in the quiz will be given a certificate.
  • Top 10 scorers will be eligible to receive attractive Clarivate branded gifts. In case of a tie, Clarivate will use lucky draw as appropriate.

Session Details:

 

Session 1:
Effective scientific discovery and writing leveraging Web of Science: Discovery begins here!

Topics:

  • Explore emerging research trends for your area of research using Web of Science
  • Develop a research landscape through a systematic bibliographic review.
  • Find Highly cited and influential research papers in your area of research.
  • Analyze important parameters such as top institutions, researchers, journals, funders, etc.
  • Identify and evaluate potential collaborators based on research impact using Web of Science
  • An introduction to EndNote Click
  • Create citation reports for a given researcher or institution
  • Understand citation impact for optimal research and publishing decisions

 

Session 2:
Selecting the right journal for publication and avoiding predatory journals

Topics:

  • Understanding the common criteria for selecting right journal for publications
  • Understand journal evaluation metrics - Journal Impact Factor, Journal Ranking, Journal Citation Indicator, and Journal Quartile
  • Explore the Master Journal List
  • Find the best fit journal for your manuscript using MJL manuscript matching feature
  • Learn additional approaches to evaluate journals using Citation Footprint Analysis
  • Avoid falling prey to predatory journals
  • Understand Open Access and recent developments in scholarly publishing
  • Best practices in research and good citation behavior

 

Session 3:
Reference Management and Good Citation Behavior (Author’s role)

Topics:

  • Introduction to EndNote Online
  • The Cite While You Write Plugin
  • How to cite correctly?
  • Best Practices during the Manuscript Publication Process
  • Good citation behavior