*NOTE: Trial access to Inspec Analytics Plus (via Web of Science) is from 7 September – 8 November 2026.
Inspec Analytics Plus is a research intelligence tool that allows you to track trends in publishing. You can select and compare across the following:
- Organisations - Assess which organisations have funded the most research in your chosen discipline and where this is increasing over time.
- Conferences - Monitor and compare the results of collaborative partnerships and knowledge transfer initiatives for over 25,000 organisations.
Steps to use the Inspec Analytics Plus feature (via Web of Science):
- Access Web of Science from SIT library's list of databases.
- Do a search for your topic of choice. Click on any result to view the full metadata of the record.
- Scroll down the page, you will be able to see the following metadata that is enables by Inspec: Subject Classification Codes, Controlled Terms, Uncontrolled terms.
- Click on any of the classification codes / controlled terms (in blue). You will be given the option to link out into the IET Analytics platform. Click on "View in Inspec Analytics".
- On the left-hand menu, click on Organisations. You will see the full list of organisations and trends of how many papers they have published on the subject. The initial graph is blank. You can search for organisations, select which ones you want to compare, then click "generate graph" to visualise the publishing trends across time.
6. On the left-hand menu, click on Conferences. You can view which has the highest number of published articles on the topic, or search for a conference of your choice.
For more information on how access IET Inspec (via Web of Science) database, access this FAQ.