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How to Determine the Number of Citations for an Article
There are several databases available to determine how many times an article has been cited by other works.
Both Scopus and Web of Science can be used to find this information. Google Scholar can also provide this information. Keep in mind that the citation counts from each database may differ due to the way they collect and index citation data.
Below, we provide instructions on how to use these databases to gather citation information.
To find the number of citations for an Article on Scopus
- Go to the Lewis Library Website.
- From there you can click on the A-Z Database List.
- Then choose Scopus.
- Type in the Search Documents bar what article you would like to find or some key words.
- To the right is the Cited by column with a number, which represents the number of citations. If the number is greater than 0 then you can click on it and it will give you the papers that cited the one you had searched.
To find the number of citations for an Article on Web of Science
- Go to the Lewis Library Website.
- From there you can click on the A-Z Database List.
- Then choose Web of Science.
- Type in the Search Documents bar what article you would like to find or some key words.
- To the right of the article is the number of citations. If you click on the article, to the right, there is an overview of the references.
- If you click on the number, the papers that cited the article will be displayed.
To find the number of citations for an Article on Google Scholar
- Go to the Google Scholar.
- Type in the Search Documents bar what article you would like to find or some key words.
- Below the article is the number of citations. It says Cited by...
- If you click on the Cited by..., the links of the articles that cited what you searched for will be displayed.
