ProQuest Central vs Web of Science
ProQuest Central
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Web of Science
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| Figure | ProQuest Central | Web of Science |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 7 |
| Spec score · Academic Research Databases | 6.7 (#30) | 8.1 (#11) |
| Content types | The collection includes scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports. | A single search can include journal content, conference papers, grants, preprints, dissertations, books, datasets and patents. |
| Headquarters | ProQuest lists its headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | London, United Kingdom |
| Research Assistant | ProQuest Research Assistant helps students craft targeted searches, review and analyze documents, assess their usefulness, and choose next research steps. | The AI Research Assistant supports question answering, topic exploration, seminal-paper retrieval, literature reviews, author and institution analysis, visualizations and journal recommendations. |
| Support | ProQuest Central’s product page links to a Support Center with training, troubleshooting, and how-to resources. | Clarivate provides Web of Science product and technical support through its Support Center. |
Plans
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
ProQuest Central
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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.