Current Contents

Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from Clarivate, formerly the Institute for Scientific Information and Thomson Reuters. It is published online and in several different printed subject sections.

History
Current Contents was first published in paper format, in a single edition devoted only to biology and medicine. Other subject editions were added later. Initially, it consisted simply of a reproduction of the title pages from several hundred major peer-reviewed scientific journals, and was published weekly, with the issues containing title pages from journal issues only a few weeks previously, a shorter time lag than any service then available. There was an author index and a crude keyword subject index only. Author addresses were provided so readers could send reprint requests for copies of the actual articles.

Status
Still published in print, it is available as one of the databases included in Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science with daily updates, and also through other database aggregators.

Editions
The following editions are published:
 * Current Contents Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Sciences
 * Current Contents Arts and Humanities
 * Current Contents Clinical Practice
 * Current Contents Engineering, Technology, and Applied Sciences
 * Current Contents Life Sciences
 * Current Contents Physical Chemical and Earth Sciences
 * Current Contents Social & Behavioral Sciences