Web of Science is made up of two databases: Web of Science and Biological Abstracts. You can set up an alert in either database, but not in the combination of the two. To get to either, single database, click on the “Select a Database” tab, and then click on the database you want.
Cited reference alert. Any time a specific article is cited in either Web of Science or Biological Abstracts, you will be alerted; you can use it to track citations of your own publications or a key publication that you want to follow. To create a cited reference alert, click on the title of the article in the results list so that you have the full bibliographic record (title, author, date, journal name, abstract, etc.) of that article showing on the screen. Then click on “Create Citation Alert” along the right-hand side of the page.
Delete an alert or RSS feed. Be sure you are in the database in which you originally created the alert (Web of Science or Biological Abstracts).
Sign in to the database.
After you do a search, click on "Create Alert/RSS."
Choose the setting options for your alert (name of alert, email address, frequency of alert, etc.). Then click on Save (Save your history to the server). If you want to set up an RSS feed, you will get a screen with instructions about feeds once you click on Save.
Cited reference alert --that is, any time a specific article is cited in either Web of Science or Biological Abstracts, you will be alerted; you can use it to track citations of your own publications or a key publication that you want to follow.
To create a cited reference alert, click on the title of the article in the results list so that you have the full bibliographic record (title, author, date, journal name, abstract, etc.) of that article showing on the screen. Then click on “Create Citation Alert” along the right-hand side of the page.
To delete an alert or RSS feed, be sure you are in the database in which you originally created the alert (Web of Science or Biological Abstracts).