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Learning Outcomes Through this section, you should be able to:
1. Perform a Cited Reference Search to retrieve
(a) Number of publications indexed in ISI Web of Science
(b) Total number of cites to publications by an author
(c) Total number of cites (excluding self-citations)
2. Perform an Author Finder to retrieve
(a) Number of publications indexed in ISI Web of Science
(b) Total number of cites to publications by an author
(c) Total number of cites (excluding self-citations)
Date of search : Database : ISI Web of Science Search method : Cited Reference Search Hints : Pages 3-8 Author : Blowers, Geoffrey H.
Q.1 Number of publications by an author indexed in ISI Web of Science = ____________
Q.2 Number of citing articles to a particular publication: Perceptual and motor skills 1978 v.46 n.3 p.719-725 = ____________
Q.3 Total number of citing articles to publications by an author = ____________
Q.4 Total number of citing articles (excluding self-citations) = ____________
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1 In Web of Science, click on the Cited Reference Search tab. Enter Cited Author as Blowers G*
Step 1: Search
Search Hints 1. Author name format Peiris JSM 2. To retrieve variant author formats, apply truncation symbols:
Symbol Function Example
? One character only Bens?n C
Bensen C, Benson C, etc.
* Zero or more characters Bens?n C*
Bensen C, Benson C, Bensen CA, Benson CA, etc.
$ Zero or one characters Hof$man$ WC
Hofman WC, Hoffman WC, Hofmann WC, Hoffmann WC, etc.
Last name A space Up to 3 initials
Blowers G*
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Q.1 Number of publications indexed in ISI Web of Science :
Step 2: Retrieve the Data
Watch out for name variants!
Example: Ghai Y* to search for publications by GHAI Yash Pal Will get… Ghai Y, Ghai YG, Ghai YH, Ghai YP But will miss out … Ghai P, Yash G
Watch out for authors with the same name format!
Example: Ho D to search for publications by David Ho Will get publications by... Ho David Ho Danny Ho Dean ...
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Q.2 Number of citing articles to a particular publication: Perceptual and motor skills 1978 v.46 n.3 p.719-725
Cited work should be Applying psychology
All these refer to the same cited work, Psychology moving East : the status of western psychology in Asia and Oceania
Watch out for any data variations / error!
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Tick the checkboxes for those articles that belong to the cited author. Note: 1. More than one author may bear the name beginning with “Blowers G”. 2. If all publications belong to the author, click on Select Page / Select All button.
Click on Finish Search button.
Total number of citing articles
Q.3 Total number of citing articles to publications by an author:
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Q.4 Total number of citing articles (excluding self-citations)
On the list of citing articles, go to Refine Results > Authors Then, click on more options/ values to display all authors.
Tick the checkboxes for this author. Then, click the Exclude button.
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Note: Alternatively, you can get Times cited (excluding self-citations) by doing a simple subtraction = Total no. of citing articles - citing articles authored by Blowers
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Another way of getting number of times cited...
Identify the appropriate cited works.
Sum the numbers under Citing Articles
= 239
Note: A citing article may have cited more than one cited work by Blowers. Therefore, this figure may be bigger than the one you’ve got in Q.3.
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2. Author Finder Date of search : Database : ISI Web of Science Search method : Author Finder Hints : Pages 10-12 Author : Blowers, Geoffrey H.
Q.1 Number of publications by an author indexed in ISI Web of Science = ____________
Q.2 Total number of citing articles to publications by an author = ____________
Q.3 Total number of citing articles (excluding self-citations) = ____________
Q.4 h-index = ____________
Q.5 Average no. of cites per item = ____________
Q.6 Citation trends (year with the highest number of cites) = ____________
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1. Enter Blowers as Last Name 2. Enter G as first initial
Enter Author Name
3. Click on Next
Select Author Variant
Step 1: Perform the Author Finder
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Select subject category
1. Select the appropriate subject category or categories.
Note: Some author’s research area may be fall under medical science, social science, or multi-disciplinary.
2. Click on Next
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1. Select the appropriate name variant 2. Click on Next
Note: If the author has another name variant, click on Add Another Name.
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Select institution
1. Select the appropriate institution, e.g. Univ Hong Kong
Note: Authors may have worked in another institute or have collaboration with another institute. Include those institutions where appropriate.
2. Click on Finish Now
You will get a list of publications by this author. Click on Create Citation Report.
Create Citation Report
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h-Index The h index (Hirsch index) is based on the highest number of papers included that have had at least the same number of citations. E.g. An h index of 12 means that out of the total number of documents selected to produce the graph, 12 of the documents have been cited at least 12 times. For more details, read Hirsch’s article at http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508025 Why are the figures different from a Cited Reference Search? The Citation Report reflects citations to source items indexed in Web of Science. Results from a Cited Reference Search include citations to items not indexed in Web of Science, e.g. books, thesis.
Q.1 Number of publications by an author indexed in ISI Web of Science = ____________
Q.2 Total number of citing articles to publications by an author = ____________
Q.3 Total number of citing articles (excluding self-citations) = ____________
Q.4 h-index = ____________
Q.5 Average no. of cites per item = ____________
Q.6 Citation trends (year with the highest number of cites) = ____________
