I recently got a question about how to search for a unique identifier in Web of Science. When you email Web of Science citations to yourself or import them into RefWorks, a field appears toward the end of the record that looks like this: UT=ISI:000243967300003
The UT field is the ISI Unique Article Identifier, like a PMID in PubMed or an accession number in CINAHL. You would think that, once you have this number, you can plug it into a Web of Science search to quickly get back to the article you're interested in. Or, you might try to do an advanced search like this: "UT=ISI:000243967300003"
Well, it doesn't work. I contacted Thomson tech support, and their response to the query is that "Currently, there is no way to search on the "UT" in the Web of Science. There is an enhancement request in our system for this feature."
So! Even though Web of Science has Unique Article Identifiers, you can't currently use them to relocate articles. This surprised me, so I thought I'd pass the info along in case you ever get the question.
Liz
Posted by biomedref at March 19, 2007 10:26 AM