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Who’s Citing Whom?

Who’s Citing Whom?. Fall 2009 http ://www.library.nd.edu/instruction/facworkshop0309.shtml. Why do it? . Citation searching can…. help you locate newer material related to a publication; show you how others are using a publication; connect you to other researchers in a given field;

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Who’s Citing Whom?

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  1. Who’s Citing Whom? Fall 2009 http://www.library.nd.edu/instruction/facworkshop0309.shtml

  2. Why do it? • Citation searching can…. • help you locate newer material related to a publication; • show you how others are using a publication; • connect you to other researchers in a given field; • provide evidence of your influence and impact in a given field.

  3. A Brief History of Citation Indexing • 1873 – “Shepard’s Citations” tracks US State and Federal Court Cases • 1962 – Eugene Garfield, a chemist from Columbia launches ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)

  4. And today…. • Since the advent of the Web dozens of other information providers have begun providing citing reference information. • Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) have increased the accuracy of citation searching.

  5. The Major Players Web of Science (ISI) Indexes 9,760 journal titles plus some book series Science Citation Index– 1900-present Social Sciences Citation Index – 1956-present Arts & Humanities Citation Index – 1975-present Includes “Implicit Citations” to works of art

  6. The Major Players continued • Google Scholar & Google Books • GS Search algorithm partially based on “times cited” information • Google Book project fills a gap for monographic literature • Advanced searching available

  7. More on Google • To find who is linking to your own website: • Advanced search in Google: “Find pages that link to the page”; • Or – link:www.nd.edu/~yoursite

  8. EBSCO Databases Times cited information included in citations, OR use the “Cited References” Search.

  9. PsycINFO Search Authors in Reference Index Or select “Find Citing Articles”

  10. MathSciNet Using the “Author Citations” tab will find scholar’s 10 most cited articles and link you to the citing articles.

  11. SciFinderScholar • Search for an article or topic. • Select article • Click “Get Related” button • Click “Citing References”

  12. Sociological Abstracts Cited by information is included in the citations.

  13. JSTOR (journal collection) Click on the title of the article Citing articles in JSTOR AND Google Scholar are linked

  14. Others Still … • No direct links to “times cited” information, but you can still find it…. • ABI/Inform • Factiva • ANY database or collection that allows full text searching, with bibliographies or footnotes in the full text.

  15. Major Players Continued(or…resources we don’t have) • Scopus • Indexes 18,000 titles • Better for international, non-English, and 3rd world coverage • Produced by Elsevier publishing • Notre Dame does not subscribe to Scopus

  16. Journal Impact Factors • ISI – Journal Citation Reports • Uses citation data from over 7500 journals to determine the: • Most frequently cited journals in a field; • Highest impact journals in a field; • Largest journals in a field.

  17. Essential Science Indicators…or, more things we don’t have • Another ISI product • Useful for administrators • Allows cross-institutional comparison of departments • Identifies trends in sciences & social sciences (hot papers, highly cited papers)

  18. New Developments in Journal Ranking • The h-index and the g-index • www.harzing.com/pop.htm • Journal Ranking.com • www.journal-ranking.com • eigenFACTOR • www.eigenfactor.org

  19. HistCite (www.histcite.com) Eugene Garfield (ISI) is developing HistCite which will be able to graphically represent the relationship between publications in a given field

  20. Questions? Cheri Smith Coordinator for Instructional Services Hesburgh Library University of Notre Dame 631-4271 csmith@nd.edu

  21. Selected Bibliography • Ballard, S., & Henry, M. (2006). Citation searching. [Electronic version]. Searcher, 14, 24-33. • Buchanan, R. A. (2006). Accuracy of cited references: The role of citation databases. [Electronic version]. College & Research Libraries, 67(4), 292-303. • Cameron, B. D. (2005). Trends in the usage of ISI bibliometric data: Uses, abuses, and implications. [Electronic version]. Portal, 5(1), 105-125. • Corby, K. (2001). Method or madness? educational research and citation prestige. [Electronic version]. Portal, 1(3), 279-288. • Cronin, B., & Meho, L. (2006). Using the h-index to rank influential information scientists. [Electronic version]. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(9), 1275-1278. • Garfield, E. (1955). Citation indexes for science. [Electronic version]. Science, 122(3159), 108-111. • Jacsó, P. (2004). The FUTURE of citation indexing: An interview with Eugene Garfield. [Electronic version]. Online, 28, 38-40. • Meho, L. I. (2007). The rise and rise of citation analysis. [Electronic version]. Physics World, 20(1), 32-36.

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