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The more interdisciplinary the topic of a paper, the wider one needs to search. Some fields like nursing and psychology were included in Social Science Citation Index, also part of Web of Science, so I would start with those and Scopus, plus Google Scholar. For citations in non-journal literature, PsycInfo (book chapters) could help along with Google Scholar. Try using author last name and a title string (in quotes) when you search Google and other web resources. Web of Science and Scopus will not retrieve all citations because their coverage is limited to the journals selected for indexing. Scopus is an Elsevier product, and stronger for UK/European titles, while Web of Science may be better for U.S.; covers most MEDLINE titles (those formerly selected for Index Medicus, not necessarily Nursing or Dental or Health Administration) We are checking coverage for top cited titles in our Mapping studies (see last two links at http://nahrs.mlanet.org/activity/index.html). Embase journal coverage is similar to Scopus. No matter what tools you use, you will need to eliminate duplicates, as there is considerable overlap. I'd download all citing resources into a citation database and then sort by source title field to check for duplicates before coming up with your final count. As Tanya said, ask your librarian for help. Many libraries have an expert on this to help faculty who need this information for tenure. I know of at least two colleagues who've developed excellent workshops for faculty on this topic. Hope this helps - Peg On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Feddern-Bekcan, Tanya < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, again. I neglected to mention, Science Citation Index is the specific > portion of the Web of Science database that provides citing information. If > your library subscribes to Web of Science, it should have Science Citation > Index, which is what you'd use. > > Take care, > > Tanya > > Tanya Feddern-Bekcan, MLIS, AHIP, MOT, OTR/L formerly Tanya Feddern > 305.243.3999 - [log in to unmask] - 305.325.9670 (fax) EBM Theme > Director & Reference and Education Librarian Louis Calder Memorial Library > University of Miami Miller School of Medicine > > "A library without a librarian is a reading room."-- Jenny Garcia of the > University of Wyoming, MLS, AHIP > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evidence based health (EBH) [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rafael Bravo > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: journal citation > > and of course you can use Science Citation Index, look for a > particular paper and know how many times has been cited > Regards > > Rafael Bravo GP > Centro de Salud Sector III. Area 10 de atención primaria > Getafe,Madrid.Spain > [log in to unmask] > http://infodoctor.org/rafabravo/ > > > 2010/3/16 Andrew Jull <[log in to unmask]>: > > Richard > > > > You can either use a proprietary database like SCOPUS, or go to Google > Scholar (eg http://scholar.google.co.nz/ for New Zealand). In Google > Scholar, find the paper using author or title and the number of times it has > been cited will be listed below the descriptors (and then you can get a list > of the citations through the link). > > > > > -- Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP P.O. Box 2, Stratford, WI, 54484 715-687-4976 Mobile 715-212-3635 pegallen67 (at) gmail dot com Health Knowledge Consultants www.healthknowledgeconsultants.net Coordinator, Hmonghealth.org Health Information for the Global Village (MLA theme 1995)