Academic Search Ultimate vs Web of Science
Academic Search Ultimate
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Web of Science
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| Figure | Academic Search Ultimate | Web of Science |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Academic Research Databases | 8.4 (#8) | 8.1 (#11) |
| Audience | EBSCO describes Academic Search Ultimate as developed to meet scholarly research demands and as offering content for students. | Clarivate describes Web of Science as serving researchers, universities and research institutions, governments, funders, publishers and research-intensive corporations. |
| Headquarters | EBSCO Information Services lists its headquarters at 10 Estes Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938, United States. | London, United Kingdom |
| Pricing | The product page offers a request-pricing option and does not show a subscription price. | The product page directs interested organizations to contact sales and does not display a platform subscription price. |
| Security | EBSCO says its compliance efforts include FERPA, COPPA and GDPR, and that it holds ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018 and ISO 27701 certifications. | Clarivate describes its security program as aligned with ISO 27001 and SOC 2, but says not all products are individually certified. |
| Support | The EBSCOhost page directs existing customers to tutorials, user guides, and support. | Clarivate provides Web of Science product and technical support through its Support Center. |
Plans
Academic Search Ultimate
- Academic Search UltimatePriced on request
Web of Science
- Web of Science My Research Assistant free versionFree
- Web of Science API Expanded — AdvancedPriced on request
- Web of Science API Expanded — BasicPriced on request
- Web of Science API Expanded — IntermediatePriced on request
- Web of Science API Expanded — PremiumPriced on request
- Web of Science institutional subscriptionPriced on request
- Web of Science platformPriced on request
In their own words
Academic Search Ultimate
Academic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary full-text database for scholarly research, with material spanning nearly all academic disciplines. It lists 10,199 active full-text journals and magazines, including 9,581 peer-reviewed journals; 5,873 active full-text journals are indexed in Web of Science or Scopus. The collection also includes 7,153 active global open access journals, plus periodicals, reports, books, conference proceedings and videos. Its video collection contains more than 6,700 videos from The Washington Post and other providers, and relevant titles may include ahead-of-print content. Through EBSCOhost, researchers can use basic and advanced search, citation assistance, saved searches and results, and subject browsing with access points in more than 30 languages. The EBSCO Mobile app supports searching, saving and sharing on iOS and Android. Institutional access is available; the product is also accessible on the web. It has no free plan, but a trial can be requested. Pricing is by request, with no subscription price shown.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a paid research discovery platform built around scholarly literature and citation links. Its stated coverage includes more than 34,000 journals, 288 million metadata records, and 3.4 billion citation links. One search can span journal content, conference papers, grants, preprints, dissertations, books, datasets, and patents. The platform supports finding new research, potential partners, trending topics, and commercial opportunities. It offers multidisciplinary coverage, advanced search, full-text access, conference proceedings, and theses and dissertations. The Web of Science Research Assistant adds multilingual natural-language search, concise overviews, task guidance, and visualizations, with institutional subscription access required. Registered users can export records to EndNote, and researcher profiles can sync publications with ORCID. API Expanded provides REST access with JSON or XML output through a paid licence and registered application. Listed API plans allow 50,000 to 3,000,000 full records yearly, with request rates of two to five per second.