James Pringle, vice president of product development at Web of Knowledge owner Thomson Reuters, said: “The combination of these databases creates a powerful tool for researchers looking to discover trends vital to today’s public health picture. The addition of Global Health creates robust coverage of life sciences research and information.”

Andrea Powell, executive director for publishing at CABI, a not-for-profit, science-based development and information organisation, said: “The inclusion of Global Health in the ISI Web of Knowledge brings together all CABI’s core products on the ISI Web of Knowledge platform for the first time, giving researchers powerful tools to exploit the world’s definitive public health database.”

Fed by more than 3,500 journals, as well as reports, books and conferences, Global Health contains over 1.2 million scientific records from 1973 to the present, and more than 90,000 records are added each year.

Users get access to weekly content updates, the ability to detect emerging trends to pursue successful research and grant acquisition, and help in identifying potential collaborators through their publication records.

ISI Web of Knowledge delivers scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools.

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