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Advanced Search Field Tags

Field tags enable you to search data fields within a record.

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AD=Address

Searches for institution and/or place names in the Author Address and the Editor Address field within a record.

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AI=Author Identifiers

Searches for Web of Science ResearcherID numbers and ORCID identifiers in the Author Identifiers table within a record.

Enter a unique Web of Science ResearcherID number or ORCID identifier with the AI field tag.

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AO=Astronomical Object

Searches the Astronomical Object Indexing field within a record.

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AU=Author

Searches for names in the following fields within a record.

  • Author(s)
  • Translator
  • Inventor

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Last names containing a space should be searched with and without the space to ensure that all relevant records are returned. For example:

  • AU=(De Marco* OR DeMarco*)
  • AU=(Van Hecke T* OR Vanhecke T*)

See also Guidelines for Searching Names.

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CH=Chemical Data

Searches the Chemical Indexing field within a record.

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CIX=Controlled Index

Searches the Controlled Indexing field within a record.

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CL=Classification

Searches the Classification Code(s) field within a record.

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ED=Editor

Searches for editor names in the Editor(s) field within a record. For example:

See also Guidelines for Searching Names

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IC=Identifying Codes

Searches for codes in the following fields within a record.

  • Accession Number
  • CODEN
  • CODEN of Translation
  • ISSN
  • ISSN of Translation
  • Standard Book Number
  • Report Number
  • Contract Number
  • Patent Number
  • Original Patent Number
  • SICI
  • SICI of Translation

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IS=ISSN

Searches the ISSN field within a record.

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) searches for periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has both a print ISSN and an electronic ISSN, then both display in the Full Record. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X.

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IS=ISBN

Searches the ISBN field within a record.

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) searches for books. It is a unique machine-readable identifier that marks a book unmistakably. The format is a 10-digit number that contains 3 hyphens (-). The last digit is a check character, which may be a number or an X. The position of the hyphens can vary for each ISBN identifier.

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MI=Meeting Information

Searches the following fields within a record.

  • Title of Conference
  • Conference Location
  • Sponsoring Organization
  • Conference Dates

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PY=Year Published

Searches the Source Published field within a record. You must combine this field tag with another field tag using the AND or NOT Boolean operator.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=2007

When entering a range of years, restrict your search to five years or less; otherwise, processing slows down and the product returns too many unproductive results.

Example: TS=cell growth AND PY=(2008-2010)

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SO=Publication Name

Searches for publication names in the Source field within a record. The product retrieves all source titles within a product database (for example, journal titles and/or book titles if the product includes books).  

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SU=Research Area

Searches the Research Areas field.

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TI=Title

Searches the Title field within a record.

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TS=Topic

Searches for topic terms in following fields within a record.

  • Title
  • Abstract
  • Controlled Indexing
  • Uncontrolled Indexing
  • Original Indexing
  • Classification Code(s)

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UI=Uncontrolled Index

Searches the Uncontrolled Indexing field within a record.

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UT=Accession Number

Searches the Accession Number field within a record. The accession number is a unique identifying number associated with each record in the product. It consists of a product identification code, a product year, and an item number.

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Field Tags
  • AD=Address
  • AI=Author Identifiers
  • AO=Astronomical Index
  • AU=Author
  • CH=Chemical Data
  • CIX=Controlled Index
  • CL=Classification
  • ED=Editor
  • IC=Identifying Codes
  • IS=ISSN/ISBN
  • MI=Meeting Information
  • PY=Year Published
  • SO=Source Title
  • SU=Research Area
  • TI=Title
  • TS=Topic
  • UI=Uncontrolled Index
  • UT=Accession Number

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See also Advanced Search Examples

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See also Searching Numerical Data Fields