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Web of Science
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<p>The Web of Science (WoS; previously known as Web of Knowledge) is a paid-access platform that provides (typically via the internet) access to multiple databases that provide reference and citation data from <a href="/facts/Academic_journal/SBI7Ue0q">academic journals</a>, <a href="/facts/Conference_proceedings/fpdlh1Sr">conference proceedings</a>, and other documents in various <a href="/facts/Academic_discipline/pKoQHpYL">academic disciplines</a>. </p><p>Until 1997, it was originally produced by the <a href="/facts/Institute_for_Scientific_Information/yjgKzIBG">Institute for Scientific Information</a>. It is currently owned by <a href="/facts/Clarivate/jqbJ2Vxl">Clarivate</a>. </p><p>Web of Science currently contains 79 million records in the core collection and 171 million records on the platform. </p>