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How to find out how many times a paper has been cited. Degradation of Human-Dominated Ecosystems: NREM 612 Dr. Greg Bruland University of Hawai’i-Mānoa. I. ISI Web of Science. 1) Go to UH Library website: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/. 2) Click on Electronic Resources link.
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How to find out how many times a paper has been cited Degradation of Human-Dominated Ecosystems: NREM 612 Dr. Greg Bruland University of Hawai’i-Mānoa
I. ISI Web of Science 1) Go to UH Library website: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/ 2) Click on Electronic Resources link
3) Enter the following, check/uncheck boxes 4) Click on Search
5) Login to RESTRICTED zone of UH Lib. Website (2 different ways to do this) 1) 2)
5) Click on Web of Science 6) Repeat this process on the next screen
7) Uncheck boxes, then click General Search 2) 1) Note: you don’t have to uncheck SSCI or A&HCI, but usually scientific papers won’t be cited by papers in the Art & Humanities, etc.
8) Enter author, title, year info 9) Click search
10) Check # of times cited 11) Click on title or # of times cited for more info
II. Google Scholar (Beta) 1) Go to website: http://scholar.google.com/
3) Find correct paper, look at Cited by link Note: The number of citations for Nepstad et al. (1999) in GS (290) is greater than ISI WS (267). Web of Science doesn’t include all journals. GS may easily confuse author w/ others of similar last name, include non peer-reviewed works, etc. Click on the link to see the actual references. WS is a more conservative estimate, GS more liberal estimate. In your critique remember to report the source of the # of citations. Did you use WS, GS, or another source?