Inspec vs Web of Science
Inspec
theiet.org
Web of Science
clarivate.comSide by side
| Figure | Inspec | Web of Science |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · Academic Research Databases | 7.2 (#25) | 8.1 (#11) |
| Audience | Inspec Direct is designed for research discovery in the corporate, government, and academic sectors. | Clarivate describes Web of Science as serving researchers, universities and research institutions, governments, funders, publishers and research-intensive corporations. |
| Founded | 1967 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom | London, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Inspec is an online academic database with expert indexing for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research in engineering, physics and computer science. | Web of Science is a research discovery platform built around scholarly literature and citation links. |
| Support | The IET provides Inspec guides, platform user guides, and an Inspec Analytics user guide. | Clarivate provides Web of Science product and technical support through its Support Center. |
Plans
Inspec
- Inspec Analytics PlusPriced on request
- Inspec ArchivePriced on request
- Inspec subscriptionPriced 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
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.