Science Citation Index Expanded
Advance scientific research with the world’s first citation index
Sustain and advance multidisciplinary scientific research
Quickly locate key papers from reliable scientific journals and explore a comprehensive citation network to discover related research.
Build an authoritative understanding of a topic
Confidently capture the full picture of an idea’s development with access to over 120 years of comprehensively indexed publication and citation data.
Rely on a trustworthy foundation
Ensure that the data you discover is from trusted, reliable sources. Editorial experts continuously curate our collection so you don’t have to spend valuable research time vetting sources.
Conduct meaningful analyses
More than half a century of consistent, accurate, and complete indexing has created a dataset of unmatched quality, providing certainty that your research analysis is free of gaps.
Research with confidence using trusted content
Carefully curated
Our unique approach to assessing journals guards against inclusion of hijacked and so-called “predatory” titles.
Unbiased selectivity
Independent, in-house experts evaluate and select journals to create a dataset of the world’s leading publications that is free from potential industry bias or conflict of interest.
Meticulously indexed
Cover-to-cover indexing, complete cited reference, author, and affiliation data, and accurate subject classifications help you pinpoint the research you need.
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