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Sign In / Register

To access many features in ISI Web of Knowledge, you must register and sign in.

Sign In

To sign in, click the Sign In link that appears at the top of any Web page in the product. Enter the required information in the E-Mail Address and Password fields, and then click Sign In.


Register as a New User

If you are a new Thomson Reuters user, then you can register as an ISI Web of Knowledge user and take advantage of our useful features.

  1. On the Search page, click the Register link that appears in the right-hand column under Customize Your Experience.

  2. On the User Registration form, enter your e-mail address in the E-mail Address field.

  3. Enter your e-mail address in the Retype E-mail Address field.

  4. Click the Continue button.

  5. Complete the User Registration form. Required fields are marked by the asterisk (*) character.

  6. Click the Submit Registration button.

  7. Ensure that you sign in whenever you wish to use any of the features in a product database.

Register as an Existing User

If you are an existing Thomson Reuters user, then you can register as an ISI Web of Knowledge user and take advantage of our useful features. Existing users have generally registered with another Thomson Reuters product such as EndNote Web

  1. On the Search page, click the Register link that appears in the right-hand column under Customize Your Experience.

  2. On the User Registration form, enter your e-mail address in the E-mail Address field.

  3. Enter your password in the Password field.

  4. Click the Continue button.

  5. Verify and complete the pre-loaded User Registration form. Required fields are marked by the asterisk (*) character.

  6. Click the Submit Registration button.

  7. Ensure that you sign in whenever you wish to use any of the features in a product database.

Preferences

The system allows you to change information in your user profile at any time.

Click the Preferences link that appears in the right-hand column under My Web of Knowledge. You must first sign in to see this link. The system takes you to a Web page where you will see the following options.


Why Register?

As a registered user, you can take advantage of these convenient features:

  • Automatically sign in every time you access ISI Web of Knowledge.

  • Select a starting application, which will enable you to start your session in a specific database rather than on the ISI Web of Knowledge All Databases tab.

  • Save searches to the ISI Web of Knowledge server that you can later open when you resume your research.

  • Set up search history alerts. The alert automatically searches the latest update to the database, and then sends the results to you by e-mail. This feature requires a subscription.

  • Set up citation alerts, which notifies you by e-mail whenever an article on your Citation Alerts list has been cited by a new article. This feature requires a subscription to Web of Science.

  • Create and maintain custom journal lists that you frequently read and for setting up Table of Contents e-mail alerts. This feature requires a subscription to Current Contents Connect.

  • Add references to your EndNote Web library directly from Web of Science and other product databases.

About Passwords

If you are registering for the first time, then you must create a password to access your account.

A password must be 8 to 12 characters in length. It must have at least one number, one alphabetic character, and one special character such as:

  • Dollar sign ( $ )
  • Percent sign ( % )
  • Underscore ( _ )
  • Ampersand ( & )
  • and other special characters

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