Published by MDPI AG, focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. ISSN: 20754418. Open access journal with publication fee of 2600 CHF
SCI launched in 1964 by Eugene Garfield at Institute for Scientific Information. SCIE replaced SCI in 1997 and became available online. Database covers over 9,200 journals across 178 disciplines from 1900. Contains over 53 million records from thousands of academic journals. Available through Web of Science's Core Collection
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World's most comprehensive curated collection of dissertations and theses. Contains over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works. Disseminated since 1939, growing by 250,000 works annually. Used by over 4 million researchers at 3,100+ institutions
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