Citation Analysis & Metrics

Tip: Google Scholar, if accessed through the Libraries' Databases A-Z list, will use the   tool to locate the full-text of articles. 

Google Scholar does provide guidance of how often an article is cited.  

1. To do a cited search, use the "advanced search" screen.

2. In the "exact search phrase" box type in all or the first few words of the article title.

3. In the "Author: Return articles written by:" box type in the lead authors last name.

On the results screen, the bibliographic citation of the article will appear, along with a "cited by" link underneath it.

Limitations:

Keep in mind these thoughts if using Google Scholar for a cited reference search:

• Google Scholar started as a source for science, technology and medicine literature, and still largely represents those fields.  The representation of other fields, particularly in the humanities and related fields, may be underrepresented.
   
• Google Scholar will not normalize institution names or authors, so searching under variants may be necessary to do a complete search. (Binghamton University, SUNY Binghamton, State University of New York at Binghamton, SUNY Binghampton; JM Smith, John M Smith, etc) 

Publish or Perish is a free software that uses data gathered from Google Scholar to measure a number of citation factors, including:

• Hirsch's h-index
• Egghe's g-index
• contemporary h-index

and more.