BIOSIS Previews Full Record Details

Any or all of the following fields may appear in a record, depending on the content and type of the source document. If no data are available for a particular field, then the field does not display.

A brief summary or description of the essential content from the source document.

Addresses

The addresses of all authors and group authors as supplied by the source journal.

The address may contain some or all of the following information:

  • Department name
  • Corporate division
  • Institution
  • Organization name
  • Street address
  • City
  • Town
  • County
  • State
  • Province
  • Zip Code (or postal code)
  • Country

E-mail Addresses

The e-mail address of the author(s).

The name and address of the publisher.

Research Areas

Research area of the source document. This field may contain more than one research area.

Major Concepts

Broad subject areas covered in the source document by the author. Broader terms indicate a broader subject area and are subsets of other terms.

Concept Code

Five-digit codes representing broad areas in the life sciences. A definition follows the numeric code.

Taxonomic Data

This table displays the following information.

  • Super Taxa: High-level Taxonomic terms that refer to broad categories of organisms. Super Taxa are presented in order from lowest level Taxa to highest.
  • Taxa Notes: Common names of broad groups of organisms and microorganisms discussed in the source document by the author.
  • Organism Classifier [Biosystematic Code]: Represents the organism classifier and the corresponding Biosystematic Code for an organism discussed in the source document by the author. The code may be followed by an asterisk (*), which is used to indicate the reporting of a new Taxon within the source document. In some instances, the asterisk may be replaced with -NEW.

The following fields are applicable for records from 1993 to the present.

  • Organism Name: The Organism Name contains the name of an organism as given by the author(s) in the source document.
  • Variant: A variant name for the organism. The variant may be a corrected spelling (from the author) or another common or species name.
  • Details: Other information such as gender of the organism, its developmental stage, and its role. It may also contain a fossil indicator and whether the organism is a new Taxon and its type.

Disease Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Term: The name of a plant, animal, human disease, disorder, or pathological condition as discussed in the source document.
  • Variant: A variant name used to describe the disease term.
  • MeSH Term: The National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Heading term(s) for the disease term. The MeSH term is followed by the MeSH designation in parentheses.
  • Disease Affiliation: Terms to define common disease affiliations in order to provide a consistent search key.
  • Details: Other explanatory details concerning the disease term as discussed in the source document by the author.

Chemical Data

For records published from 1969 to 1992, the Chemical Data table may contain two columns that display the Chemical Name.

If your subscription includes archived records (1926 to 1968), then the Chemical Data table may also display the Chemical Name.

For records published from 1993 to the present, the Chemical Data table may contain the following information.

  • Chemical Name: Contains the name of a chemical or biochemical that is described in the source document. The terms used in Chemical Name are taken directly from the source document and reflect the usage of the author(s).
  • Chemical Variant: Contains a variant of the term given in the Chemical Name.
  • Drug Modifier: Contains terms used to define high-level categories of therapeutic actions of the Chemical Name as discussed in the source document.
  • Chemical Role: Describes the role(s) of the chemical named in Chemical Name as discussed within the source document.
  • Chemical Process: Describes the process(es) of the chemical named in Chemical Name as discussed in the source document.
  • Enzyme Commission: Gives the Enzyme Commission number for the chemical named in Chemical Name. Enzyme Commission terms always begin with EC and are composed of numbers and periods (.).
  • Chemical Detail: Contains additional terms used to describe details of the discussion of the chemical in Chemical Name from the source document.

Gene Name Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Term: The name of a plant, animal, human disease, disorder, or pathological condition as discussed in the source document by the author. Gene Name Term also contains the organism classifier within square brackets following the gene name term. The name or classifier can be searched individually.
  • Variant: A variant name for the Gene Name term.
  • Details: Additional terms used to describe details of the discussion of the gene as discussed in the source document by the author.

Miscellaneous Descriptors

Additional subject terms assigned by indexers and taken from the source document. For example:

  • Climate change
  • Natural ecosystem
  • Food safety

Document Type

The selected document type (for example, Article, Letter, or Meeting). Note that some books and meeting documents are available in the product.

Literature Type

The selected literature type. For example: Meeting Summary

See also literature type for more information.

Medium

The medium in which the source document was published. Applicable to records from 1998 to the present.

Language

The selected language of the source document.

Accession Number

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 a unique item number.

PMID

PubMed ID. This field is available only in records of documents that have a PubMed ID.

ISBN

The International Standard Book Number 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. Example: 978-0-387-36949-5

ISSN

The International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has a print ISSN, then that number displays in this field. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 1367-4803

eISSN

The Electronic International Standard Serial Number is a unique eight-digit number that identifies periodical publications such as journals and electronic publications. If a journal has an electronic ISSN, then that number display in this field. The format is four numbers, a hyphen (-), three numbers, and then a check character that may be a number or X. Example: 1367-4803

Table of Contents: Current Content Connect®

This field contains a link to the Current Contents Connect® Browse Journals page where you can browse the table of contents of journals and books covered by the editions and collections to which you subscribe in Current Contents Connect.

Performance Trends: Essential Science IndicatorsSM

This field contains a link to Essential Science Indicators where you can perform in-depth analysis to find data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals. With Essential Science Indicators, you can:

  • Explore science performance statistics and science trends data, based on journal article publication counts and citation data
  • Determine research output and impact in specific fields of research
  • Evaluate potential employees, collaborators, reviewers, and peers

Impact Factor: Journal Citation Reports®

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as all citations to the journal in the current JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items (these comprise articles, reviews, and proceedings papers) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Though not a strict mathematical average, the Journal Impact Factor provides a functional approximation of the mean citation rate per citable item. A Journal Impact Factor of 1.0 means that, on average, the articles published one or two years ago have been cited one time. A Journal Impact Factor of 2.5 means that, on average, the articles published one or two years ago have been cited two and a half times. The citing works may be articles published in the same journal. However, most citing works are from different journals, proceedings, or books indexed in Web of Science Core Collection.

Geographic Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Term: A geographic term that describes a location or place as used in the source document by the author.
  • Variant: A variant name for the geographic term.
  • Geopolitical Terms: The names of geopolitical areas.
  • Zoogeographical Region: The Zoogeographic Region where the Geographic Term is located.

Geologic Time Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Time: A geological time period or era mentioned in the source document by the author.
  • Classifier: A variant of the term that appears in the Term cell. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
  • Detail: Other explanatory details concerning the geologic time term as discussed in the source document by the author.

Methods and Equipment Data

This table may contain the following information for records published from 1998 to the present.

  • Methods and Equipment Term: Contains a term describing a method, apparatus, or scientific technique discussed in the source document. The terms used for Methods and Equipment Term are taken directly from the source document.
  • Methods and Equipment Variant: Contains a variant term for Methods and Equipment Term. Equipment contains a term which categorizes a type of equipment in the Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
  • Methods and Equipment Supplier: Contains the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the method or equipment in Methods and Equipment Term. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
  • Methods and Equipment Role: Describes the role of the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document. The terms used in Methods and Equipment Role are taken from the BIOSIS Controlled Vocabulary, Methods & Equipment Roles. This field does not appear in the data until 2003.
  • Methods and Equipment Detail: Contains additional terms and phrases describing the Methods and Equipment Term as discussed in the source document.

Parts and Structures Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Term: Components of organisms above the macromolecular level as discussed in the source document by the author.
  • Variant: A variant name for the Parts & Structure term.
  • Organ Systems: A high-level organ system of which the Parts & Structure term is a part.
  • Detail: Other explanatory details concerning the Parts & Structure term as discussed in the source document by the author.

Sequence Data

This table may contain the following information.

  • Accession No.: A unique number that identifies a molecular sequence as assigned by a data bank and as cited in the source document by the author. The number consists of alphabetic and numeric characters.
  • Data Bank: The name or acronym associated with the molecular sequence data bank to which the Sequence Accession No. refers as discussed in the source document by the author.
  • Details: Indicates what type of molecular sequence is noted in Sequence Accession No.
  • CAS Registry Number: Contains a five-to-nine digit CAS Registry Number that is assigned to the chemical named in the Chemical Name.

Associated Data

Click the link to view the metadata associated with this record from the Associated Data results page in the Data Citation Index. The metadata includes:

  • Title
  • Authors / Group Authors
  • Source information
  • DOI URL hyperlink
  • Document Type (Repository, Data Study, or Data Set)
  • Software

Note that you can also access and view associated records from the Cited References page.

Foreign Title

A non-English title of an article.

Title

The English title of the article. If the title has been translated from a foreign title, then the title will appear within square brackets.

By

The author(s) of the article. For documents published from 2003 to the present, this field may also contain the author's e-mail address.

Group Author(s)

The name of the organizations or institutions that authored the document. For example, the IEEE and Down Syndrome Res Grp.

Book Author(s)

The names of one or more book authors.

Book Group Author(s)

The name of one or more book group authors.

Inventor(s)

The name of the inventor(s) of the patent.

Book Series: Book Series Subtitle

The name of the series that the book was issued along with volume number or other sequential designation.

Edited by

The name of one or more editors of a source publication. Note that a corporate author can also be an editor.

Click the hyperlink to see a complete list of documents edited by the selected person.

View Researcher Profile and ORCID

This table lists the authors who have claimed the document as their work. Click an identifier to view the author's publication list on their researcher profile, hosted on Publons, or ORCID. An author may have a Web of Science ResearcherID number or an ORCID, or both.

If you're the author of the article, add it to your researcher profile, hosted on Publons, by selecting Claim on Publons - Track Citations from the drop-down menu.

For more information about Publons, visit publons.com.

For more information about ORCID, visit orcid.org.

Source

The title of the book or journal. Source information may include:

  • Volume
  • Issue
  • Pages
  • Part
  • DOI (Digital Object Indentifier)
  • Item URL
  • Source URL
  • Publication Date
  • Meeting Title
  • Conference Location
  • Conference Date
  • Conference Sponsor

Source URL: The system displays the URL of the source document (for example, Journal of Cell Biology). Click the link to go to that journal. Be aware that your institution may require a subscription to the journal to access the article.

Meeting Information

The meeting title, location, and date.

Meeting Sponsor(s)

The name of the organization that supported or funded the scientific meeting named in the meeting title.

Records published before 1998 do not contain the name of the meeting sponsor.