Wos Dom

WoS (Web of Science) DOM & URL Reference

Usage

This reference is loaded as context by other WoS skills. No standalone workflow step needed — DOM selectors and URL patterns are consumed directly by wos-search, wos-navigate-pages, wos-paper-detail.

• Direct: https://www.webofscience.com
• Path pattern: /wos/{db}/ where {db} is the database code

Databases

Editions (Core Collection only, path=woscc)

When database is woscc, the "Editions" dropdown allows filtering by index:

Default: All editions selected. Edition filtering requires form interaction (checkbox toggle), not URL-controllable.

URL Patterns

Search via URL (Recommended - no form interaction needed)

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/{db}/general-summary?queryJson={ENCODED_JSON}

Replace {db} with database code (default: woscc). Examples:

• Core Collection: /wos/woscc/general-summary?queryJson=...
• All Databases: /wos/alldb/general-summary?queryJson=...
• MEDLINE: /wos/medline/general-summary?queryJson=...

queryJson format:

[{"rowBoolean":null,"rowField":"TS","rowText":"deep learning"}]

Multiple conditions:

[
  {"rowBoolean":null,"rowField":"TS","rowText":"deep learning"},
  {"rowBoolean":"AND","rowField":"AU","rowText":"Hinton"},
  {"rowBoolean":"AND","rowField":"PY","rowText":"2020-2025"}
]

Results Page (after search redirects)

/wos/woscc/summary/{session-uuid}/relevance/{page-number}

• {page-number} starts from 1
• Can change page by modifying the number in URL
• Sort: replace relevance with other sort options

Full Record

/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:{accession-number}

Example: /wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000779183600001

Citing Summary

/wos/woscc/citing-summary/WOS:{id}?from=woscc&type=colluid&eventMode=timeCitedOnSummary

Cited References

/wos/woscc/cited-references-summary/WOS:{id}?type=colluid&from=woscc

Related Records

/wos/woscc/related-records-summary/WOS:{id}?type=colluid&from=woscc

Other Pages

• Smart Search: /wos/woscc/smart-search
• Fielded Search: /wos/woscc/basic-search
• Query Builder: /wos/woscc/advanced-search
• Cited References Search: /wos/woscc/cited-reference-search

Global Identifier

WoS Accession Number: WOS:000779183600001

• Used in full-record URLs, citing/references URLs
• Extracted from title link href: a[href*="full-record"]

Field Tags (for queryJson rowField)

CSS Selectors - Search Results Page

Record Data Extraction Pattern

Within each app-record:

• WoS ID: extracted from title link href (/full-record/WOS:XXXXX)
• Year: from date StaticText (e.g., "2014", "Nov 2022")
• Volume/Issue/Pages: from StaticText after source (e.g., "59", "(11)", ", pp.2251-2266")

CSS Selectors - Full Record Page

IMPORTANT: Full record page uses different citation selectors than search results page.

Citation Selector Differences (Search vs Full Record)

Export Menu Items (from Export dropdown)

Pagination

• 50 records per page (default, configurable)
• Max 2,000 pages viewable (100,000 records)
• Page navigation: change page number in URL or use next/prev buttons

Internal API (Preferred over DOM scraping)

Search API

Endpoint: POST /api/wosnx/core/runQuerySearch?SID={SID}

SID can be extracted from browser performance entries:

performance.getEntriesByType('resource')
  .filter(r => r.name.includes('SID='))
  .map(r => r.name.match(/SID=([^&]+)/)?.[1])[0]

Request body:

{
  "product": "WOSCC",
  "searchMode": "general",
  "viewType": "search",
  "serviceMode": "summary",
  "search": {
    "mode": "general",
    "database": "WOSCC",
    "query": [{"rowField": "TS", "rowText": "value co-creation"}],
    "editions": ["WOS.SSCI"]
  },
  "retrieve": {
    "count": 10,
    "history": true,
    "jcr": true,
    "sort": "times-cited-descending",
    "analyzes": [],
    "locale": "en"
  },
  "eventMode": null
}

Edition codes: WOS.SCI, WOS.SSCI, WOS.CPCI-S, WOS.CPCI-SSH, WOS.CCR-EXPANDED, WOS.IC

Sort values: relevance, times-cited-descending, times-cited-ascending, date-descending, date-ascending, usage-count-last-180-days-descending

Response format: NDJSON (newline-delimited JSON). Key lines:

• {"key":"searchInfo","payload":{"RecordsFound":5462,...}}
• {"key":"records","payload":{"1":{record1},"2":{record2},...}}

Record structure (from API response):

rec.colluid                              → WoS ID (e.g., "WOS:000298554300001")
rec.titles.item.en[0].title              → Paper title
rec.titles.source.en[0].title            → Journal name
rec.names.author.en[].wos_standard       → Author names
rec.pub_info.pubyear                     → Publication year
rec.pub_info.vol / issue / page_no       → Volume, issue, pages
rec.doi                                  → DOI
rec.citation_related.counts.WOSCC        → Citation count (Core Collection)
rec.citation_related.counts.ALLDB        → Citation count (All Databases)
rec.ref_count                            → Reference count
rec.abstract.basic.en.abstract           → Abstract (HTML, strip tags)
rec.doctypes[0]                          → Document type
rec.oa                                   → Open Access flag

Other API Endpoints