Recommended search method

Correct search methods

Incorrect search methods

Section 1 Recommended search method

In the home page of the Web of Science, the Basic Search looks as follows:

Click on “Advanced Search” to bring up the “Query Preview” box to type in the search patterns, e.g., type “so=(cmes*) and py=(2019 or 2020)”:

Click on “Search” to see the results.

To search certain topic, e.g., deep learning, in the CMES in the Web of Science database, a most efficient method is to specify the source (journal title) as “cmes*”, i.e., all in lowercase followed by the wildcard “*” (star), as shown in the search example below on 2020.02.11:

Section 2 Correct search methods

The correct and simplest search method is to declare the source (journal title) as “CMES*”.  The wildcard star “*” at the end of “CMES” is important for the search to be successful:

ts=(deep learning) and so=(CMES*) and py=(2019)  

ts=(deep learning) and so=(CMES*)

The journal title can be in lowercase, e.g.,

It is possible to cite the source with the full journal name, with or without hyphen, but that is long and mistyping is easy: 

ts=(deep learning) and so=(cmes computer modeling in engineering & sciences)

ts=(deep learning) and so=(cmes-computer modeling in engineering & sciences)

Section 3 Incorrect search methods

ts=(deep learning) and so=(computer modeling)

ts=(deep learning) and so=(CMES-computer modeling)

The following search also did not work:

ts=(deep learning) and so=(*computer modeling in*)

ts=(deep learning) and so=(computer modeling in*)