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CITATIOON
METRICS WORKSHOP P – ADVANCEED
SEARCHIN NG & TECHN NIQUES
Prepareed
by Cited RReference
Te eam, NUS Libbraries.
Mar rch 2012.
No.
1. Addvanced
Citaation
Searching
of Non‐Inndexed
Work ks
(Searching
of RReference
List
of Citing AArticles)
2. Seearching
for CCitations
to a Name Variant
3. Seearching
for CCitations
to a specific Woork
4. Obbtaining
Totaal
Citation Co ount for bothh
Indexed an nd Non‐Index xed Works
Scoppus
– Advanced
Citation n Searching oof
Non‐Index xed Works
(Seaarching
of Reeference
List t of Citing Arrticles)
1.
2.
Search Te echniques too
increase Cit tation Count t in Scopus
Tecchnique
Under the DDocument
Search
tab, entter
“wee a” in the Search
for: field and
select Au uthors in
the dropdowwn
list. If necessary,
clickk
the Add se earch field lin nk to includee
another line e of
search parammeters.
Note: using the quotatio on marks “” iis
to search for f restrict th he search to results wher re there
is an author name with the t phrase WWee,
A.
Select the sttarting
year when w the author
first published
in th he Date Rangge
(e.g. 1989).
Click
the Search bbutton.
Hint: The
Subject Areas
cannot be b limited ass
References are not inde exed with a ssubject
term.
Steps
1 ‐ 10
11 ‐ 15
16 ‐ 20
21
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3.
4.
5.
Click on secoondary
docu uments.
Secondary ddocuments
are
extracted from the reference
list of o documentts
not found in the
Scopus databases.
These
documentts
could be:
� an aarticle
published
in a jourrnal
that is not
indexed in n Scopus.
� a boook,
a thesis, , patent or annother
type of publicatio on that is nott
indexed in Scopus
� a reference
that t contains inccorrect
or missing
inform mation and thherefore
can nnot be
linkeed
to a Full Record R in Scoopus
databas se. It is most t likely a variaation
of another
citedd
reference that t is linkedd
to a Full Re ecord
At the left panel,
under the t Refine reesults
panel, Author Nam me section. CClick
on View w more.
Click View mmore
again to o display an even larger set s of names s.
Click on the Sort on drop pdown list.
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6.
7.
8.
9.
Select “W” ffrom
the list. . Click the chheckboxes
ne ext to Wee, A.S.T, A Wee, AA.T.,
Wee A. .T.‐S and
Wee, A.T.S. from the list t to gather all
the possible
name vari iants. Click oon
Limit to.
Select All annd
click on Ex xport radio bbutton
and select
Comma a separated file. csv (e.g g. Excel)
in the dropddown
list for the Export fformat.
Click the Expport
button.
Save the filee.
This will save
a list of documents
by y the author r in an Excel ccompatible
format. f
10. Open the saved
file in Ex xcel, sort thee
list by Source
title, revie ew the list off
records and d delete
the ones nott
written by the author, but got retrieved.
Sum the t Cited by column for the
t
remaining reecords.
The total t number
of times cit ted is 369.
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To furthher
reduce thhe
result set, , additional llimits
may be e applied for r Source Titlee
and Year, follow f by
clicking on Limit.
Scopus – –Searching ffor
Citations to a name vvariant
11. Due to the innconsistencies
in publishhing,
it may be b necessary y to determinne
citations to t
individual wworks
using a name variannt.
E.g. Journal article
Ang TP, Weee
TSA, Chin WS W
Three-dimennsional
self-a assembled mmonolayer
(3D
SAM) of n- -alkanethiolss
on copper nanoclusters
n s
JOURNAL OFF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C B 108 (30): 11001-11010
JUL 29 2004 4
12. Under the DDocument
Search
tab, entter
“wee t s a” in the Sea arch for: fieldd
and select Authors
from the droopdown
list. Click the Addd
Search fie eld link.
13. Enter “chemm”
and select t “Referencees”
from the dropdown li ist. Click the Search button.
14. The Scopus record of thi is article is displayed.
Cli ick on secondary
documments.
15. This retrievees
3 results with w 1 citatioon
each, arising
from whe ere incorrectt
information n was
used during referencing.
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Scopus – –Searching ffor
Citations to a specificc
work
16. As there aree
limitations to t the Refinee
Results fun nction, it may y be necessaary
to determ mine
citations to individual wo orks.
E.g. Boook
Sciencee
at the Nannoscale:
An n Introductoory
Textboo ok by Chin Wee W Shong, Sow Chorng
Haur
& Andrrew
T S Wee.
Singapor re : Pan Stannford
Pub., 2010
17. Under the DDocument
Search
tab, entter
“wee a” in the Search
for: field and
select Au uthors
from the droopdown
list. Click the Addd
Search fie eld link.
18. Enter “sciennce”
and sele ect “Referencces”
from th he dropdown n list. Click thhe
Search button.
19. A list of recoords
is displayed.
Click onn
secondary documents.
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20.
Examine thee
Source Title e and there iis
one record d with 1 citat tion that maatches
the au uthor’s
book.
Scopus – Total Citattion
Count
21. To obtain thhe
Total Citat tion Count, aadd
the citation
count ob btained fromm
the Basic Au uthor
Search (Indeexed
Journals)
* to the “CCited
by” col lumn of the Excel E file obttained
in Ste ep 10
(Non‐Indexeed
Publicatio ons for variouus
name vari iants)
* Thhe
steps are ccontained
in the documeent,
Citation Metrics Wor rkshop – Bassic
Searching g and
Techhniques.
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No.
1.
Citted
Referencce
Search of Indexed and
Non Index xed Works us sing the Authhor’s
naame
2. Addvanced
Citaation
Searching
of Non‐Inndexed
Work ks
wwhere
the Co‐authors
are e the First Auuthor
includin ng setting a Search S Alert
3. Obbtaining
Totaal
Citation Co
his
co‐authorss
are the 1 st ount for Indeexed
and No on‐Indexed works w where he or
authors a
4. Obbtaining
Totaal
Citation Co ount for bothh
Indexed an nd Non‐Index xed Works
Web of Science – Citted
Referenc ce Search off
Indexed Wo orks using th he Author’s nname
22.
Seearch
Techni iques to incrrease
Citatio on Count in Web W of Sciennce
Click on thee
Cited Reference
tab.
Tecchnique
Steps
22 ‐ 29
30 3 ‐ 43
44 4 ‐ 46
47
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23. Enter wee a*
in the Cited
Author field.
A range of o years corr responding tto
the Author’s
publication history may be also addeed
in the Cite ed Year(s) fie eld e.g. 19899‐2012.
Click k on the
plus sign nexxt
to Citation n Databases to view the details
24. Uncheck thee
Citation Databases
checckboxes
exce ept for Scien nce Citation IIndex
Expan nded and
Conference Proceedings s Citation Inddex
– Scienc ce, as these are a relevant tto
Science and
Engineering.
25. Click the Seaarch
button
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Hint: If tthere
are maany
records, It may be eaasier
to copy all rows into o a blank Exccel
workshee et for
review aand
selectionn
and then to o use these aas
a referenc ce for markin ng the checkbboxes
in Web
of
Science. .
Hint: Mouse
over thhe
View Reco ord link, to ddisplay
the ar rticle title. Click
SHOW EXXPANDED
TITLES/AABBREVIATEED
TITLES to display the bbrief
and full
details if av vailable.
Note: Anny
selected ccheckboxes
will w be cleareed
when the view is chan nged.
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26. As we wish tto
determine e the Cited RReferences
th hat are not in ndexed, review
the results
for
records thatt
do not cont tain a link to View Record
(View in Web W of Sciencce).
Click the e
checkbox neext
to each re ecord that mmatches
the author’s a prof file.
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Notes:
i. The Citted
Referencce
Index List only shows the docume ents that have
been citedd
at least onc ce, it
does nott
show documents
that have h no citattions.
ii. An iteem
that has nno
View Reco ord link meaans
that it :
- is ann
article published
in a jo ournal that iss
not indexed d in Web of Science. S
- is a book, a thesis,
patent or r another typpe
of publication
that is not n indexed iin
Web of Sc cience.
- conttains
incorreect
or missing g information
and theref fore cannot be b linked to a Full Record d (Cited
Refeerence
Variants).
It is mo ost likely a vaariation
of an nother item that t is linkedd
to a Full Record.
In
the example below,
the seco ond record wwith
no View w Record link k has page nuumber
incorrectly
stateed
as 989 insstead
of 968.
The first iteem
in the list t has the correct
page nuumber
of 968 8 and is
therrefore
associiated
with a View Recorrd
link.
iii. The ddifference
beetween
a rec cord with thee
Cited Autho or’s name without
ellipsees
(e.g. WEE ATS or
Wee ATSS)
and anothher
in which the name is preceeded by b ellipses … (e.g. … Weee,
ATS) is that t in the
former, the Cited Auuthor
is the first f author oof
the paper whilst in the e latter the Cited
Author is a co‐
author.
Examplees
of recordss
where the Cited C Authorr,
Wee, ATS is
the First Au uthor
Examplees
of recordss
where the Cited C Authorr,
Wee, ATS is a Co‐Author
iv) A Citeed
Author wwith
a blue [i] icon indicattes
that the the t Cited Aut thor (Wee, AA)
is not the First
Author aand
that the Cited Work was found inn
another Web W of Knowledge
databaase
(i.e. not the t Web
of Science).
A list off
databases contained c in the Web of Knowledge is
available aat:
http://thhomsonreuters.com/pro
oducts_servicces/science/
/science_products/a‐
z/isi_weeb_of_knowledge/.
A “View
Record” link is present
if the data abase is avaiilable
as part t of NUS
Librariess
subscription
(e.g. BIOSIS
Previews). .
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27. If necessary, , highlight th he matching rows and pa aste it onto a blank Excel worksheet. Sum the
Citing Articlees
column to o obtain the ttotal
numbe er of citations s for the author’s
non‐indexed
publicationss.
28. To obtain thhe
Total Citat tion Count, aadd
the citation
count ob btained fromm
the Basic Au uthor
Finder Searcch
(Indexed Journals) J * too
the total of
the “Citing Articles” collumn
of the Excel file
obtained in Step 27 (Non n‐Indexed Puublications).
Cell (H20) in n the exampple
above.
* Thhe
steps are ccontained
in the documeent,
Citation Metrics Wor rkshop – Bassic
Searching g and
Techhniques.
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29. Click Finish Search to view a list of the citing articles (documents that have cited the author).
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Web of Science – Addvanced
Cita ation Searching
of Non‐Indexed
Wor rks where thhe
Co‐author rs are
the Firstt
Author
E.g. A bbook
Sciencee
at the Nannoscale:
An In ntroductory y Textbook
by Chinn
Wee Shongg,
Sow Chorn ng Haur & Anndrew
T S Wee W Singapor re : Pan Stannford
Pub., 20 010
30. Under Cited Reference Search, S enterr
the First Au uthor’s name e, shong cw for Cited Au uthor
and sci* for the Cited Work.
Click thee
Search but tton.
31. Examine thee
list and sele ect the recorrds
that matc ch the autho or’s book.
32. The total nuumber
of cita ations is 1.
33. If necessary, , highlight th he matching rows and pa aste it onto a blank Excel worksheet. Sum the
Citing Articlees
column to o obtain the aadditional
number
of citations
for thhe
author’s
publicationss.
Hint: Onnly
referencees
of non‐ind dexed workss
(i.e. without
a corresponding
View RRecord
link) should
be seleccted.
These aadditional
citation
countss
should be added a to the total citatioon
count for the
t
author.
34. Click the Finnish
Search button b to vieww
a list of cit ting articles.
35. Repeat Stepps
30 ‐ 34 for each of his cco‐authors
who w is the Fir rst Author.
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Web of Science ‐ Savving
Citation n Alerts to mmonitor
Citat tion Counts for f a specificc
Cited Work k
(continuued
from Steep
37)
36. Click on Search
History.
37. If available, click on the Find it @ NUUS
Libraries or the Full Te ext button too
attempt to o view
the Reference
that was cited. c
38. Click on Save
History/Cr reate Alert
39. Sign In to yoour
Web of Science S Account.
40. Fill in the reqquired
History
Name. A ddescription
is
optional. Click C the Savee
button.
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41. A Server Savve
Confirmat tion screen iss
displayed. Tick T the Send d Me E‐mail Alerts checkbox.
This will creaate
an email that will nottify
you of th he number of
citations reeceived
for this
specific refeerence.
Click Save.
42.
Alternativelyy,
you may also a subscribee
to an RSS Feed F by click king on the XXML
link. Click
Done
to exit.
43. Note that thhe
steps will need to be rrepeated
for each referen nce that youu
want to mo onitor.
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Hint: WWhen
repeatinng
the search
for a differrent
citation, , first click on n the checkbbox
of the set
that
you wishh
to delete aand
then click k the Delete button to delete
the pre evious sets bbefore
saving g.
An Exammple
of an e‐ mail alert.
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Web of Science – Cittations
from m works wheere
the Co‐au uthors are th he First Authhor
(E.g. of In ncorrect
References
in the Ciiting
Article) )
E.g. Articcle:
Zhu YW,
Yu T, Sow CH, Liu YJ, Wee W ATS, Xuu
XJ, Lim CT,
Thong JTL
Efficientt
field emisssion
from alp pha-Fe2O3 naanoflakes
on n an atomic force f microsccope
tip
APPLIEDD
PHYSICS LETTTERS
87 (2):
Art. No. 0023103
JUL 11
2005
Although
the journal,
Applied Ph hysics Letterss
is indexed in
the Web of o Science, errrors
in the
referencces
of the citting
articles may m result inn
loss of citat tions as the reference r cannot
be mat tched
with thee
record indeexed
in the Web W of Science.
44. Under Cited Reference Search, S enterr
the First Au uthor’s name e, zhu yw foor
Cited Auth hor and
2005 for thee
Cited Year. Click the linkk,
Add Anoth her Field and d select Citedd
Volume from
the
dropdown list.
Enter 87 for the Citedd
Volume. Click
the Sear rch button.
45. The additionnal
citation counts
for thiis
article is (1 1 + 1 + 1+ 1 + 2 +1) = 7. CClick
the Finis sh
Search buttoon
to view a list of citing articles.
46. If more thann
1 record is retrieved, hiighlight
the matching m row ws and pastee
it onto a blank
Excel workshheet.
Sum th he Citing Artiicles
column to obtain th he additional number of citations c
for the author’s
publicat tions.
Hint: Onnly
referencees
of non‐ind dexed workss
(i.e. without
a corresponding
View RRecord
link) should
be seleccted.
These aadditional
citation
countss
should be added a to the total citatioon
count for the
t
author.
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Web of Science – Tootal
Citation Count
47. To obtain thhe
Total Citat tion Count, aadd
the citation
count ob btained fromm
the Basic Au uthor
Finder Searcch
(Indexed Journals) J * too
the total of
the “Citing Articles” collumn
of the Excel file
obtained in Step 27 (Non n‐Indexed Puublications).
It would also o be necessaary
to include e the
citation counts
obtained d from Non‐Indexed
Publ lications whe ere the Co‐AAuthors
are the
First
Author (Stepps
30 – 43 an nd 44 ‐ 46).
* The steps are containe ed in the doccument,
Citation
Metrics
Techniques.
Workshop – Basic Searc ching and
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