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Web of Science

Web of science is a collection of multidisciplinary databases and so useful for most researchers. this guide will show you how to use it to find the information you are looking for.

Searching for authors and organisations

Click on the Researchers tab on the Advanced Search page to search for an author or organisation. The default option is Name Search but there is also a drop-down box where you can search for the Author Identifiers (ORCID or Web of Science researcher ID) or Organisation. 

Screenshot of the main search page in Web of Science. You can click on the researchers option to enable you to search for an author or organisation. The screenshot also shows the drop down box above the search box where you can choose the category of what you want to search.