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AIP expands linking capabilities with new ISI agreementMelville, NY, June 4, 1999 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) today announced their agreement to establish electronic links between AIP’s online journals (www.aip.org/ojs) and the bibliographic and abstract information available in ISI’s Web of Science. Web of Science is a Web interface that provides researchers with navigational tools to find current and retrospective information in ISI’s Citation Databases. These databases cover over 8,000 scientific, technical, and medical journals, with more than 600 in the physical sciences. Today’s implementation of this agreement immediately adds more than 300,000 reference links to AIP journals. "AIP is extremely pleased to be among the first publishers to link to the Web of Science from our abstracts and full text," said Marc Brodsky, AIP’s Executive Director and CEO. Brodsky went on to say, "ISI is the only information provider that captures and indexes every citable reference published with every article included in their database. Therefore, their indexes are the only ones comprehensive enough to allow researchers to use the powerful search technique known as cited reference searching." "By bringing scientists a wide range of related research right to their computer, AIP’s linking agreement with Web of Science combines the practical aspects of hypertext linking with the navigational power of citation searching," said Tim Ingoldsby, AIP’s Director of New Business Development. Ingoldsby added, "Subscribers to our online journals will enjoy unparalleled searching capabilities and discover relationships that only citations can offer. This brings to full fruition the capabilities first envisioned by physicists when they invented the World Wide Web." "For decades, AIP has been a leader in the field of scholarly publishing, both in the authoritative content of their journals and in the innovations they’ve brought to the field of publishing," said Richard Newman, Senior Vice President, ISI. "We’re very happy to be working with them on this project which will bring their high-quality research to the attention of thousands of people worldwide. The addition of links from AIP articles and their references to the Web of Science completes the process begun with links from Web of Science to AIP full text articles in September of last year. Usage ISI Links has increased every month since its inception." AIP has long pioneered the rapid delivery of information online, mounting one of the first online physics journal, Applied Physics Letters, almost five years ago. This new partnership with ISI marks another milestone in AIP’s evolution as one of the premier providers of physical science information online. The Institute for Scientific Information is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and has offices worldwide. ISI produces information databases for researchers, information specialists, and administrators in diverse fields: chemistry, technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, engineering and business. More information about ISI and its products is available at www.isinet.com or by contacting:
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