Creating Alerts: Web of Science

 To create an alert, you must be a registered user and you must sign in to Web of Science.

To create a subject alert:

1. Run a search from the Search or Advanced Search page to find records for which you want to create an alert.
2. Click the on Create Alert. 
3. Choose options for your alerts. 

To create a document citation alert:

1. Run a search from the Search or Advanced Search page to find the document for which you want to create a Citation Alert.
2. Open the full record for the article.
3. Click on Create Citation Alert. 
4. Choose options for your alerts. 

To create a journal alert:

1. Open the Menu on the left sidebar. 
2. Go to Saved Searches & Alerts. 
3. Click on Journal Alerts. 
4. Select a journal. 
5. Choose options for your alerts. 

To create an author alert:

1. Run a search from the Author tab to find the author's profile page.
2. Click on Create Alert.
3. Choose options for your alerts. 

WoS has a Training Portal with several videos on creating alerts as well as other topics.