1. ResearchErs’ seminars spring 2012
Citation Analysis lunch seminar, 4 May LTH Libraries Lars Andersson, Maria Johnsson
ResearchErs’ seminars spring 2012

2. Agenda Introduction to citation analysis
Demonstration of some systems for citation searching
Other tools and applications and further training
Discussion

3. 1. Introduction to citation analysis
”A professor asks you, ”Who is citing my articles? How many times have I been cited? What is my h-index score?”
A student asks you, ”How do I know if this article is important?”
Another professor asks you, ”Which journal should I publish in for my tenure?”
A different students asks you, ”What are the best journals in the field of Anthropology?”
Robin Kear & Danielle Colbert-Lewis 2011, "Citation searching and bibliometric measures: Resources for ranking and tracking", College & Research Libraries News, vol. 72, no. 8

4. 1. Introduction to citation analysis
Historical background of citation index:
1873, ”Shepard’s Citations” was the first citation system, created by Frank Shepard (law)
1960, Eugene Garfield’s Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) introduced the first citation index for papers published in academic journals called ”Science Citation Index (SCI)”
During the 1970s and 1980s ”Science Citation Index” developed from print to digital form
1997, ISI launched ”Web of Science”, the web-based interface of ”Science Citation Index”
Sources:
Stephanie Ballard & Marcia Henry 2006, "CITATION SEARCHING: New Players, New Tools", Searcher, vol. 14, no. 9
Robin Kear & Danielle Colbert-Lewis 2011, "Citation searching and bibliometric measures: Resources for ranking and tracking", College & Research Libraries News, vol. 72, no. 8

5. 1. Introduction to citation analysis
Definition of citation index:
”A citation index is a kind of bibliographic database, an index of citations between publications, allowing the user to easily establish which later documents cite which earlier documents”.
Source: WIKIPEDIA. Citation index

6. 1. Introduction to citation analysis
Cited references
are always retrospective in nature
pointing to documents in the past
Citing references
are always prospective in nature
referring to previously published documents used by subsequent authors writing at a future time

7. 1. Introduction to citation analysis

8. 3. Other tools and applications
Examples of applications at SciVerse (Elsevier):
”Co-author analyzer”
”Co-author visualizer”
Read more at:
Examples of tools at Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters):
Citation map
Citation report
”My Citation alerts”
”Scientific Web Plus”
Read more at:

9. 3. Further training and tutorials
Sciverse/Scopus (Elsevier): Web of Knowledge (Thomson Reuters):

10. 3. Further reading
HAMMOND, C. C. & BROWN, S. W Citation Searching: Search Smarter & Find More. Computers in Libraries, 28,
ROBIN, K. & DANIELLE, C.-L Citation searching and bibliometric measures: Resources for ranking and tracking. College & Research Libraries News, 72, 470.
STEPHANIE, B. & MARCIA, H CITATION SEARCHING: New Players, New Tools. Searcher, 14, 24.
WIKIPEDIA. Citation index [Online]. Available: [Accessed  

11. 4. Discussion Questions:
Would you use citation searching in the future? If yes, in what way / for which purpose?
What is your impression of the tools and applications? Useful? Not useful?

12. Next researchers’ seminar: Publish via open access Tuesday 15 May at 14-16pm Suggestions/ideas for new seminars? Let us know, send an to:

13. Thanks for joining in today!
Maria Johnsson,
LTH Libraries
Lars Andersson,
Library of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering