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Using Cited References Search in Web of Science

This guide provides practical tips on Cited References search in Web of Science

Manual Tracking

In our previous examples we have demonstrated that using the Cited References Search in Web of Science is able to extract a more complete and comprehensive list of citations, Here is our recommendation on how to track these Cited References and how to compile them.

If you have a bibliography or list of all your publications, we recommend to do a Cited Work/Cited Title search for each of your publications.

1. Prepare a template. You can use the template provided by NIE Library or prepare your own. 

2. Extract WoS Indexed records

  • Generate WoS Citation Report.
  • Export the full document.
  • Copy the fields: Title, Year, Total Citations, Current Year, Past 3 Years into the corresponding fields in the template.
  • In the table “Indexed by WoS” Indicate all copied records with “Y”

3. Copy publications not indexed in WoS from publication list

  • Check all the publications from the WoS Citation Report against your bibliography list for Books, Book Chapters, Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings.
  • Include any publications not in the WoS Citation Report into the table in the template.

4. Conduct the Cited References Search

  • Search all publications using Cited References Search
  • Add up the number of Citing Articles for each of the result and update Total Citations.
  • Select all the results and click on see results to obtain number of verifiable articles from “XX citing articles from the Web of Science Core Collection”

Optionally, you can:

i. Collect Last 3 Years statistics

  •  For titles that has been indexed by WoS but also have other records not linked to the WoS Indexed article, select all the unlinked records > see results > analyze results > publication year and count the number for Current Year + Last 3 Years. Add the numbers to the statistics you previously extracted from the WoS Indexed records.
  • For titles not indexed by WoS, select all the records > see results > analyze results > publication year and count the number for Current Year + Last 3 Years and update the table.

ii. Generate H-Index

  • From the excel file, sort the “All Citations” column from highest to lowest.
  • Record the number when the citation count is more than the “Rank” in the H-Index cell.