When you create a citation alert, Web of Science notifies you by e-mail whenever a document has been cited by a new article, weekly or monthly for a topic search, or an email alert for the latest Table of Contents from a journal. The alert is active for one year. You may renew the alert at any time.
To create an alert, you must be a registered user and you must sign in to Web of Science.
To create a document alert:
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Sign in to Web of Science.
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Run a search from the Search or Advanced Search page to find records for which you want to create a Citation Alert.
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From the Results page, select the title of a record to go to the Full Record page.
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Click the Create Citation Alert link to open the Create Citation Alert overlay dialog.
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Your e-mail name will appear in the EMail Address field. Select an e-mail format: Plain Text, HTML, EndNote, or Field Tagged.
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Click the Create Citation Alert link to create the citation alert for the current record.
To create a search alert:
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Sign in to Web of Science.
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Run a search from the Search or Advanced Search page to find records for which you want to create a Citation Alert.
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Click the Create Alert bell in the left column to open the Save Search History overlay dialog.
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Your e-mail name will appear in the EMail Address field. Select an e-mail format: Plain Text, HTML, EndNote, or Field Tagged.
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Click the Save button.
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Click the Close button to return to the Full Record page.
To create a Journal alert:
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Select Saved Searches & Alerts from the My Tools menu to go to the Saved Searches and Alerts page.
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Select the Journal Alerts tab to view the article for which you created the citation alert.
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Click the Add Journals button to launch the journals finder.
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Search for titles.
View this helpful video on using Web of Science alerts: