// Search Web of Science by topic, author, title, DOI, or advanced query. Supports edition/database filtering and sort.
Download PDF full text for a WoS paper via publisher links.
Export WoS records to Zotero, RIS, BibTeX, or Excel.
Navigate to a specific page of WoS search results, or load more results from the last search.
Get detailed information for a paper by WoS ID (e.g., WOS:000779183600001).
Parse search results from the current WoS results page or API response. Internal skill used by other skills.
| name | wos-search |
| description | Search Web of Science by topic, author, title, DOI, or advanced query. Supports edition/database filtering and sort. |
| argument-hint | [search keywords] [--edition SCI/SSCI/...] [--sort citations/date/relevance] [--db woscc|alldb|...] |
| user-invocable | true |
| disable-model-invocation | false |
Search Web of Science via internal API. Supports edition filtering, sorting, and multiple databases — all in a single evaluate_script call.
The browser must be on any webofscience.com page (logged in). The skill calls the WoS internal API directly via fetch, so no page navigation is needed.
WoS databases (especially SCI/SSCI) primarily index English-language literature. If the user provides Chinese keywords, translate to English (e.g., "价值共创" → "value co-creation"). Inform the user about the translation.
product)| User says | product | Description |
|---|---|---|
| "core collection" / default | WOSCC | WoS Core Collection |
| "all databases" | ALLDB | All databases combined |
| "medline" | MEDLINE | Biomedical literature |
| "preprint" | PPRN | Preprint Citation Index |
| "scielo" | SCIELO | SciELO Citation Index |
| User says | editions value |
|---|---|
| "SCI" / "science" | WOS.SCI |
| "SSCI" / "social science" | WOS.SSCI |
| "CPCI" / "conference" | WOS.CPCI-S, WOS.CPCI-SSH |
| "all" / default | omit editions field (or include all) |
Multiple editions can be combined: ["WOS.SCI", "WOS.SSCI"]
| User says | sort value |
|---|---|
| "citations" / "most cited" | times-cited-descending |
| "newest" / "latest" | date-descending |
| "oldest" | date-ascending |
| "relevance" / default | relevance |
| "usage" | usage-count-last-180-days-descending |
| User says | rowField |
|---|---|
| topic / keyword / about | TS |
| title | TI |
| author | AU |
| DOI | DO |
| journal / source | SO |
| year | PY |
| affiliation / institution | OG |
| abstract | AB |
| funding | FO |
| country | CU |
{
"product": "WOSCC",
"searchMode": "general",
"viewType": "search",
"serviceMode": "summary",
"search": {
"mode": "general",
"database": "WOSCC",
"query": [
{"rowField": "TS", "rowText": "USER_QUERY"}
],
"editions": ["WOS.SSCI"]
},
"retrieve": {
"count": 10,
"history": true,
"jcr": true,
"sort": "times-cited-descending",
"analyzes": [],
"locale": "en"
},
"eventMode": null
}
query: array of {rowField, rowText} objects. For multiple conditions, add rowBoolean (AND/OR/NOT) to subsequent rows.editions: optional, omit for all editions.count: number of records to retrieve (default 10, max 50).sort: default relevance.This is the only tool call needed — 1 call total.
If the browser was previously on a non-WoS page (e.g., after following a publisher link), SID will be lost. In that case, first navigate back to any WoS page (navigate_page to https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/basic-search) to re-establish the session, then run the API call. This adds 1 extra tool call (2 total).
Alternatively, use the URL-based fallback (Step 2B below) which always works regardless of SID state.
async () => {
// Extract SID from network history
const sid = performance.getEntriesByType('resource')
.filter(r => r.name.includes('SID='))
.map(r => r.name.match(/SID=([^&]+)/)?.[1])
.filter(Boolean)[0] || '';
if (!sid) return { status: 'no_session', message: 'SID lost (likely navigated to external site). Use Step 2B or navigate to any WoS page first.' };
const response = await fetch(`/api/wosnx/core/runQuerySearch?SID=${sid}`, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8', 'Accept': 'application/x-ndjson' },
body: JSON.stringify({
"product": "{PRODUCT}",
"searchMode": "general",
"viewType": "search",
"serviceMode": "summary",
"search": {
"mode": "general",
"database": "{PRODUCT}",
"query": [{QUERY_ROWS}],
"editions": [{EDITIONS}]
},
"retrieve": {
"count": {COUNT},
"history": true,
"jcr": true,
"sort": "{SORT}",
"analyzes": [],
"locale": "en"
},
"eventMode": null
})
});
const text = await response.text();
const lines = text.trim().split('\n').map(line => {
try { return JSON.parse(line); } catch(e) { return null; }
}).filter(Boolean);
const searchInfo = lines.find(l => l.key === 'searchInfo')?.payload;
const recordsData = lines.find(l => l.key === 'records')?.payload;
let records = [];
if (recordsData) {
records = Object.entries(recordsData).map(([idx, rec]) => ({
idx: parseInt(idx),
wosId: rec.colluid,
title: rec.titles?.item?.en?.[0]?.title || '',
authors: rec.names?.author?.en?.filter(Boolean).map(a => a.wos_standard).join('; ') || '',
source: rec.titles?.source?.en?.[0]?.title || '',
year: rec.pub_info?.pubyear || '',
vol: rec.pub_info?.vol || '',
issue: rec.pub_info?.issue || '',
pages: rec.pub_info?.page_no || '',
doi: rec.doi || '',
citations: rec.citation_related?.counts?.WOSCC || 0,
citationsAll: rec.citation_related?.counts?.ALLDB || 0,
refCount: rec.ref_count || 0,
abstract: rec.abstract?.basic?.en?.abstract?.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '')?.substring(0, 300) || '',
docType: rec.doctypes?.[0] || '',
oa: rec.oa || false
}));
}
return {
status: 'ok',
totalResults: searchInfo?.RecordsFound || 0,
recordsSearched: searchInfo?.RecordsSearched || 0,
queryId: searchInfo?.QueryID || '',
records
};
}
Display as a table:
Found **{totalResults}** results in {database} ({edition}).
Sorted by: {sort}.
| # | Title | Authors | Source | Year | Cited | WoS ID |
|---|-------|---------|--------|------|-------|--------|
| 1 | {title} | {authors} | {source} | {year} | {citations} | {wosId} |
| ... |
Offer next actions:
/wos-paper-detail {WoS ID} for detailed information"/wos-export to export results"count or use /wos-navigate-pagesIf API returns no_session (e.g., after navigating to an external publisher site), fall back to URL navigation:
navigate_page({
url: "https://www.webofscience.com/wos/{db}/general-summary?queryJson={ENCODED_QUERY_JSON}",
initScript: "Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'webdriver', {get: () => undefined})"
})
Then extract results via evaluate_script with DOM selectors (see wos-parse-results Mode B), or re-attempt the API call (SID will be re-established after the navigation).
When to use: After the browser visited an external site (publisher, DOI link, etc.) and performance.getEntriesByType('resource') no longer contains WoS SID entries.
editions field uses format WOS.SCI, WOS.SSCI, WOS.CPCI-S, etc.retrieve.count to controlhistory: true saves the search to WoS session history