Cited/Citing Reference Searching and Journal Ranking Sources
Cited Reference Workshop
- Cited/Citing Reference and Journal Ranking Sources (with definitions)
- Citing Reference: Search Scenarios - examples for practice
- JCRWeb: Search Scenarios - examples for practice
If you have any questions, e-mail research-lib@wpi.edu or call x6700. We'll do our best to help you. We cannot, however, run searches for you.
Cited Reference Searching Allows Researchers to...
Cited/Citing Reference Searching via Web of Knowledge
Connect to Web of Science
The standard source for cited reference searches. Our subscription at WPI includes:
- Science Citation Index 1980+; abstracts 1991+
- Social Science Citation Index 1980+; abstracts 1992+
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1980+; abstracts 2000+
Prior to 1980: You can obtain the total number of times an article is cited (if it has been after 1980), but you cannot retrieve the actual references.
ISI WOK Training Materials:
To eliminate self citations:
Screen results to exclude those items actually written by the author.
- Run cited author search, then select all instances author, click Finish Search.
- Go to General Search and run an author search for the author
- Click Advanced Search and combine the two searches with a NOT operator: #1 NOT #2
Journal Impact Factors: ISI
More Ranking Options
- Impact Factor Debate (readings)
- Eigen Factor
- JournalRanking.com
- SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR)
Author Impact Factors
- Publish or Perish - software which connects to google scholar then retrieves and analyzes academic citations.
Assessing Journal Quality
- Assessing Journal Quality: Common Methods
- Acceptance/Rejection Rates - ideas on how to search for them
New Resource - Journal Citation Reports within ISI Web of Knowledge: JCRŽ Web offers a science and social science edition with a systematic means to evaluate leading journals. It provides quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data. JCR will allow you to:
Connect directly to JCRŽ Web or find within ISI Web of Knowledge under the Additional Resources tab.
See Also: ScienceWatch.com's SCI-BYTES which profiles the top ten in specific disciplines each month, formerly called Science Gateway.
JCR Training Materials:
Other Databases with Citing/Cited Reference Search Options
Many databases allow cited searching but you will see overlap. Compare cited references from the ISI Web of Science results and manually remove duplicates. Cited references include only those that are indexes within that one particular database. Even by searching Amazon.com now, you can search for instances of your citations within published books.
| Database | Search Tips | Coverage | Restricted to... |
|---|---|---|---|
CiteSeer.IST |
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Varies |
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EBSCOhost
Business Source Premier |
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1922+ |
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Varies |
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IEEE Xplore |
|
1988+ |
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JSTOR - Citation Locator |
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1855+ |
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1940+ |
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PsycINFO |
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1887+ |
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ScienceDirect |
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1993+ |
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SciFinder
Scholar |
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1907+ |
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Last modified: Oct 27, 2009, 16:42 EDT

