Dataset Updates
InCites is built on a single dataset source from the Web of Science Core Collection, aggregated by the Research Analytics Integrated Metrics System, and optimized in the InCites Dataset.
Integration across the Research Analytics platform means the indicators from Essential Science IndicatorsSM, Journal Citation Reports®, Institution Profiles come together in one dataset.
Institutional Registry address unification system supplies organization data to InCites improving accuracy and ease of use.
Current InCites Dataset
- UDM Release 114
- Web of Science™ Core Collection content indexed through the week of November 30, 2020
- 50 unique new institutions and address unification updates up to November 19, 2020, were added to the InCites dataset. See the complete list of organizations.
- Includes Essential Science Indicators (ESI) 4th bi-monthly data released in November 2020, and Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2019 data released in October 2020.

InCites is a window into Web of Science Core Collection data. We update data in InCites monthly to include Web of Science Core Collection data extracted at the end of the previous month. The following schedule provides an overview of the upcoming InCites data releases through December 2021.
Release date and time is in the USA EST time zone.
Month | Web of Science data cutoff date* | InCites data Release Date** | |
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December | Monday, November 30, 2020 | Thursday, December 17, 2020 | |
January | Thursday, December 31, 2020 | Friday, January 29, 2021 | |
February | Sunday, January 31, 2021 | Friday, February 26, 2021 | |
March | Sunday, February 28, 2021 | Friday, March 26, 2021 | |
April | Wednesday, March 31, 2021 | Friday, April 30, 2021 | |
May | Friday, April 30, 2021 | Friday, May 28, 2021 | |
June | Monday, May 31, 2021 | Friday, June 25, 2021 | |
July | Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | Friday, July 30, 2021 | |
August | Saturday, July 31, 2021 | Friday, August 27, 2021 | |
September | Tuesday, August 31, 2021 | Friday, September 24, 2021 | |
October | Thursday, September 30, 2021 | Friday, October 29, 2021 | |
November | Sunday, October 31, 2021 | Friday, November 26, 2021 | |
December | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | Friday, December 17, 2021 |
* This is the cutoff date established for the Web of Science data to be available in InCites the following month.
** Although we will adhere to these release dates throughout the year, we do reserve the right to change them due to unforeseen issues.

Parameters | Values |
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Source Editions |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S) Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S) Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH) |
Citing Editions | ALL |
Document Types | ALL |
Source and Citing Years (publication date) | 1980 - Present |
Time Period | 1YR, Cumulative |

- Researchers - authors on a Web of Science document in the InCites dataset
- Organizations - organizations resolved to a research address in a Web of Science Document in the InCites dataset
- Locations - countries/regions resolved to the research address in the Web of Science document in the InCites dataset
- Research Areas - journal-based research categorization schemas
- Journals, Books, Conference Proceedings - titles from all source editions in the InCites dataset
- Funding Agencies - unified funding aagencies from the Web of Science document in the InCites dataset

Download a comprehensive mapping of research areas included in InCites to Web of Sciences categories
- ANVUR
- Australia FOR Level 1
- Australia FOR Level 2
- CAPES
- China SCADC Subject Categories
- ESI
- FAPESP
- Institutional Profiles
- KAKEN - L2 (Bunya2 -H20) (10)
- KAKEN - L3 (Bunya3 -H20) (66)
- RIS3
- OECD
- PL19
- UK RAE (2008)
- UK REF (2014)
- Web of Science

Institutional Profiles provide quantitative data for a large number of performance indicators, including:
- income
- number of staff and students
- teaching and research reputation
- productivity, as measured by publications
- impact, as measured by citations
Data for Institutional Profiles come from three primary sources: institutional data collection, reputation surveys and bibliographic analysis. You can also review a list of participating institutions.

Country/region aggregations are now available as Regions in the InCites Explorer. Download the list of countries and regions, and their associated regions.

Review the complete list of unified publisher names.