How many times has my article been cited?
Determining how many times your article has been cited in other publications is not an easy task. CQU has access to one major citation index, Scopus. Depending on your research area other tools may be available. See the table below.
Tool |
Research area |
| Scopus | Indexes scientific, technical, medical and some social science literature. It provides access to 14,000 peer reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers. some titles are indexed from the 1960s. |
| PsycINFO | Indexes all areas of psychology. |
| Humanities International Complete | Indexes over 1,700 journals as well as selected books in the humanities. |
| SocINDEX | Indexes journals, books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources in the area of sociology. |
| Scifinder Scholar | Mainly chemistry and engineering. |
| Google Scholar | Covers all areas of research. |
| Citeseer | Focuses on literature in computer and information science. |
Contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian for more information.
Scopus.
1. Locate the article by performing a keyword search using the Author's last name in the author field (selected from the dropdown list) AND a phrase from the article title in the article title field (selected from the dropdown list).
Note: Using the complete title may limit results as errors in citations occasionally occur.
2. Where the correct citation is listed, click on the Cited By number. This will take you to a list of articles (in Scopus only) that cite the selected article. You can print out or save the references for future use.
3. You can set up a document citation alert that notifies you by email when your article is cited in Scopus. Before you can establish any alerts in Scopus you need to register by clicking on the Register link at the top right of the search page.
Once you have registered you can create a new Document Citation Alert by following these steps:
- Perform a new search
- Click the 'Abstract and Refs' button of one of the article you wish to be notified about
- Click the 'Alert me' link below the Citations column on the right
PsycINFO
1. Locate the article by performing a keyword search on the Author's last name in the author field (selected from the dropdown list) AND a phrase from the article title in the title field (selected from the dropdown list).
2. The entry in the results list provides a link to a listing of references that cite the selected article. You can print or save the list for future reference.
Humanities International Complete and SocINDEX
You need to search each database individually.
1. Click on the 
button.
2. Enter the citation information and click on Search.
(Using a unique word or phrase in the Cited Title field may give better results.)
3. From the results list select the article. Click on "Find Citing Articles" to list all articles in this database that cite the reference.
Note: As all information for citation counts is derived from the citations list, an article may have more than one entry. See the example below
Scifinder Scholar (Chemistry/Engineering database)
1. From the search options select 
Locate: Find a specific reference or substance or 
Author Name: Find literature by a specific author.
2. From the displayed results click on the Details icon for the selected article.
3. At the bottom of the details window, click on Get Related... button 
.
4. Click on the option 
Citing References: Get references that cite the selected document(s). This will display all citing articles in Scifinder Scholar database. Note: To remove duplicates from this list, click on 
.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a free search engine created to allow easy acces to "scholarly" information. Google Scholar does not provide information on what resources it indexes, but many publisher web sites and institutional repositories are included. Some material indexed by Google Scholar may not meet the RQF quality guidelines.
The example below is the search strategy to locate the following citation.
Edwards, S. L., & Bruce, C. S. (2002). Needles, Haystacks, Filters and Me: The IT Confidence Dilemma. Paper presented at the 2nd International Lifelong Learning Conference: Building learning communities through education, 16-19 June 2002, Rydges Capricorn International Resort, Yeppoon.
Citation search strategy: 
The search results include any articles with the author name "Edwards" AND the phrase "needles, haystacks".
Each result may have a number of additional hyperlinks below the record.
1. Cited by...
This link provides a list of other articles containing the citation in their reference list.
Note: It is recommended that a careful evaluation of the results list is made.
Citeseer
Citeseer is a free website that indexes PostScript and PDF research articles in the field of computer and information science, and provides the following features:
- Autonomous Citation Indexing (ACI)
- All cited documents
- Reference linking
- Citation context
- Awareness and tracking
Full details of the services provided are available.
To locate citations for your article, perform a search on a unique phrase from the article title. Citeseer performs fuzzy searching.
From your search results, click on the citation count to view a list of documents citing your article.
Note: Citeseer does not include self-citations in the citation count but lists them in the citation list.
