SCI
E79993
SCI is a widely used citation indexing service that tracks and analyzes references in leading scientific journals to assess research impact and influence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SCI canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638030 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCI Context triple: [Science Citation Index, abbreviation, SCI]
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A.
SCI
SCI is the abbreviation for the Strategic Computing Initiative, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program from the 1980s that aimed to advance artificial intelligence and high-performance computing for military applications.
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B.
Science
Science is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes cutting-edge research across a wide range of scientific disciplines.
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C.
Science (journal)
Science is a leading peer‑reviewed academic journal that publishes cutting-edge research across all scientific disciplines.
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D.
MSC
MSC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee, the UN body responsible for setting global standards for the safety and security of international shipping.
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E.
Scilight
Scilight is an online publication from the American Institute of Physics that highlights noteworthy and emerging research across the physical sciences in brief, accessible summaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SCI Target entity description: SCI is a widely used citation indexing service that tracks and analyzes references in leading scientific journals to assess research impact and influence.
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A.
SCI
SCI is the abbreviation for the Strategic Computing Initiative, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program from the 1980s that aimed to advance artificial intelligence and high-performance computing for military applications.
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B.
Science
Science is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes cutting-edge research across a wide range of scientific disciplines.
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C.
Science (journal)
Science is a leading peer‑reviewed academic journal that publishes cutting-edge research across all scientific disciplines.
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D.
MSC
MSC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee, the UN body responsible for setting global standards for the safety and security of international shipping.
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E.
Scilight
Scilight is an online publication from the American Institute of Physics that highlights noteworthy and emerging research across the physical sciences in brief, accessible summaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic database
ⓘ
citation index ⓘ citation indexing service ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SCI ⓘ |
| accessModel | subscription-based ⓘ |
| covers |
leading scientific journals
ⓘ
peer-reviewed journals ⓘ |
| creator | Eugene Garfield ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
Journal Citation Reports
ⓘ
funding agencies ⓘ research evaluation systems ⓘ university rankings ⓘ |
| enables |
analysis of research trends
ⓘ
identification of influential authors ⓘ identification of influential papers ⓘ tracking of citation networks ⓘ |
| field |
natural sciences
ⓘ
science and technology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | high-impact journals ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
SCI database
ⓘ
linked to:
Science Citation Index
|
| hasEdition |
Science Citation Index Expanded
ⓘ
linked to:
Science Citation Index
|
| hasMetricDerivedFromData | Journal Impact Factor ⓘ |
| indexingType | citation indexing ⓘ |
| language | primarily English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Clarivate
ⓘ
linked to:
Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate Analytics ⓘ |
| originallyDevelopedBy |
ISI
ⓘ
Institute for Scientific Information ⓘ
linked to:
Clarivate Analytics
|
| partOf | Web of Science ⓘ |
| provides |
citation counts
ⓘ
citation links between articles ⓘ reference lists ⓘ |
| supports |
literature search
ⓘ
research performance analysis ⓘ systematic reviews ⓘ |
| timeCoverage | from 20th century to present ⓘ |
| tracks |
citations in scientific journals
ⓘ
references in scientific articles ⓘ |
| usedBy |
librarians
ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ research managers ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
assessment of research impact
ⓘ
assessment of research influence ⓘ bibliometric analysis ⓘ evaluation of institutions ⓘ evaluation of journals ⓘ evaluation of researchers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SCI Description of subject: SCI is a widely used citation indexing service that tracks and analyzes references in leading scientific journals to assess research impact and influence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
SCI