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What is it?

The ISI format is an output format for the Thompson Scientific/ISI publication database, most notably the Web of Science database. For Web of Science, ISI files contain author and citation information, as well as full abstracts. ISI files are generated as the results of search queries on ISI databases.

How do I get data in this format?

In order to access ISI databases, you or your institution must have obtain a license. Once a license is obtained, you may download ISI Web of Science query results with the following steps...

  1. Go to http://www.isiknowledge.com.
  2. Click the "Web of Science" tab. (Only web of science contains citation information).
  3. Enter your search query in the provided fields.
  4. Click "Search".
  5. Select the papers you want to download, either by manually checking them, or selecting a range of papers, using the options in the "Step 1" box in the bottom left-hand corner of the page.
  6. Select how much information for each paper you want to download (do you want abstracts? citations?) in the "Step 2" box.
  7. Select "Save to Other Reference Software" in the drop-down list in the "Step 3" box.
  8. Click Save in the "Step 3" box.
  9. Wait while ISI processes your request.
  10. Download the file (a download dialog box should have appeared).
  11. Rename the file to have the extension ".isi".

From here, you can load the ISI file as normal in NWB, and perform the operations noted in the section below.

How is it used in Network Workbench?

Since ISI files contain both citation and author information, you can extract co-citation and co-authorship networks using the Extract Co-Occurrence Network From Table algorithm. You may also perform Burst Detection.

NWB also supports combining the results of multiple ISI queries, by copying and pasting multiple files into a single file. When loaded a file which is created in this manner, either load it using the "Load and Clean ISI File" option, or load it normally and run the ISI Duplicate Remover Algorithm.

What should I know about how NWB handles this format?

Network workbench performs the following special processing on the raw ISI data:Reads data into a table
Normalizes author names to be separated by "|"
Attempts to normalize journal name column so that they match the journal names used in the reference column (uses a heuristic algorithm)
Adds a self-reference column (a column containing info on how the paper should be referenced)

What should I know about the format itself?

The subsequent text was copied from http://isibasic.com/help/helpprn.html

ISI's export file format is illustrated in the following sample record. You will see bibliographic information such as this for each record on your marked list. Two-character tags identify each data element in the record. Records are separated by an ER (end of record) tag.

Each export file begins with two lines that identify the file type (FN) and version number (VR) of the export format.

Example File

FN 	ISI Generic Export Format
VR 	1.0
PT 	J
AU 	Foster, JD
        Hunter, N
        Williams, A
        Mylne, MJA
        McKelvey, WAC
        Hope, J
        Fraser, H
        Bostock, C
TI 	Observations on the transmission of scrapie in experiments                 using embryo transfer
SO 	VETERINARY RECORD
LA 	English
DT 	Article
NR 	15
SN 	0042-4900
PU 	BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOC
C1 	INST ANIM HLTH, OGSTON BLDG, W MAINS RD, EDINBURGH EH9 3JF,
        MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND.MRC, NEUROPATHOGENESIS UNIT,
        EDINBURGH EH9 3JF, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND.SCOTTISH AGR COLL,
        VET SERV DIV, PENICUIK, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND.INST ANIM HLTH,
        COMPTON LAB, READING RG16 0NN, BERKS, ENGLAND.
ID 	FIBRIL PROTEIN PRP; SIP GENE; SHEEP
AB 	This investigation studied the maternal transmission of scrapie in sheep ...
CR 	DICKINSON AG, 1974, V84, P19, J COMP PATHOL
        DICKINSON AG, 1988, P63, NOVEL INFECTIOUS AGE
        DICKINSON AG, 1976, P209, SLOW VIRUS DISEASES FOSTER JD, 1993, P229, ...
TC 	0
BP 	559
EP 	562
PG 	6
PY 	1996
PD 	JUN 8
VL 	138
IS 	23
GA 	UR372
PI 	LONDON
RP 	Foster JD
ER

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