Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis : Article Metrics
Resources to help researchers measure journal, article, and author impact factors. Includes traditional citation evaluation as well as alternative methods.
Databases with Article Metrics
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ScopusLocate the article in Scopus and look for the box on the right side of the article record showing how many times it is cited by other papers in the database.
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Web of ScienceWeb of Science was one of the first databases to offer "cited reference" searching and is the most widely known. Conduct a "Cited Reference" search for your name. See the tutorial link below for help conducting this type of search.
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Google Scholar1. Search for your name in the author box of the "Advanced Google Scholar Search"
2. Look for "Cited by" below each result for the number of citations. Click this link to see who is citing the work.
Note: Google Scholar gathers content using web crawlers, so exact content coverage is not known.Google Scholar is proxied for off-campus use so that the FindIt button appears in results.|| If you go to 'My Library' and sign in, the proxying will no longer be present and off-campus the FindIt button will not appear.|| Off-campus go to Settings/Library Links and search for 'Madison' and select it to see FindIt links.
Setting up citation alerts
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Scopus Citation and Journal AlertsLearn how to set up various alerts in Scopus.
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Web of Knowledge Citation and Journal AlertsLearn how to set up citation and journal content alerts within Web of Science.