Cited Reference Searching
What is cited reference searching?
Cited reference searching enables you to find articles that have cited a particular author, article or book. Cited reference searching is useful to:
- find out how research has been applied or developed.
- find out how many times and where a publication is cited.
- locate current research based on earlier research.
- track your own research.
How can I do a cited reference search?
Use one of the following databases:
Web of Science
Web of Science is one of the most comprehensive citation databases.
- Web of Science is comprised of three databases: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Art & Humanities Citation Index.
- Click on Cited Ref Search to find articles that cite a particular author or paper.
- Use the Citation Report feature to compile citation statistics for search results, including the number of times an article has been cited per year and average number of citations per year.
Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary database covering sciences and social sciences.
- Follow the cited by links in the search results. Results can be sorted by the number of times cited.
- Use the citation tracker feature to find out the number of times an article or author has been cited over a period of time.
- Select an author search to search for papers by a particular author
Using Scopus to trace the developments in a subject area since a particular article was published
Online tutorial on cited reference searching in Scopus
Google Scholar
Google Scholar search results have a "cited by" link in the search results that can be used to find articles which have referenced a particular paper. Use the Advanced Scholar Search to locate articles by a specific author. Use Google Scholar as a supplement to Web of Science or Scopus.
Additional sources
Cited references are becoming a feature on many databases. PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, ScienceDirect and MathSciNet all include cited references.
Citation Alerts
A citation alert notifies you by email when a selected article is cited by another article. Citation Alerts can be set up in Web of Science, Scopus and ScienceDirect.
Help
If you need help with citation searching, please contact your Liaison Librarian