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WoS and Scopus codes to be associated with publications

How to retrieve the WOS code of a scientific contribution

Connect to the Clarivate Analytics site from the University network or in VPN mode, proceeding as follows:

1. Access the Web of Science database: http://webofknowledge.com/
2. Look for the scientific contribution within the database with the usual search methods
3. Click on the title to open the full description screen of the publication
4. Look for the “Accession Number” field, eg: WOS: 000405163400009
5. The ISI code of the contribution corresponds exactly to the string of characters indicated above, including the wording "WOS:" eg. WOS: 000405163400009.

How to retrieve the Scopus code of a scientific contribution

Connect to the Elsevier site from the University network or in VPN mode, proceeding as follows:

1. Access the Scopus database: http://www.scopus.com
2. Look for the scientific contribution within the database with the usual search methods
3. Click on the title to open the full description screen of the publication
4. Check the web address bar of the page (top): the URL takes a form of this kind, e.g .: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0 -85019622664 & origin = resultslist & sort [etc.]
5. The Scopus code of the contribution is the string between the words “eid=” and the “&” character (in the example above, therefore, it corresponds to “2-s2.0-85019622664”)

Insights and examples on the subject (including product codes in ArXiv and Pubmed) also in the FAQ section of our web pages, in particular here:

FAQ on the Institutional Archive of the University of Palermo (IRIS). Importance of unique codes