The Science Citation Index - interesting information from Thomson Reuters

Interesting background information

The Science Citation Index (SCI) began in 1964 as a five-volume print edition of indexed scientific work. Fifty years later, we’re still the first and the best in the world of research discovery and analytics with Thomson Reuters Web of Science^TM.

• Web of Science was the first web-based citation indexing resource of scholarly and professional journals.
• Thomson Reuters was the first to formulate and introduce journal metrics as well as offer bibliographic management software.

The Web of Science connects publications and researchers through citations and controlled indexing in curated databases spanning every discipline, in most cases dating back to 1900.
Our new platform will give you advanced access to full text through Google Scholar. And for Web of Science customers, Google Scholar will display links directly into the Web of Science. The entire evolution of search  is at your fingertips.
Check out the 50 years of history, and view a video from a recent visit with Dr. Garfield discussing the origin of SCI and its evolution since 1964