1. 1 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

2. 2 I. ISI Web of Science 1) Go to UH Library website: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/ 2) Click on Electronic Resources link

3. 3 3) Enter the following, check/uncheck boxes 4) Click on Search

4. 4 5) Login to RESTRICTED zone of UH Lib. Website (2 different ways to do this) 1) 2)

5. 5 5) Click on Web of Science 6) Repeat this process on the next screen

6. 6 7) Uncheck boxes, then click General Search 1) 2) 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.

7. 7 8) Enter author, title, year info 9) Click search

8. 8 11) Click on title or # of times cited for more info 10) Check # of times cited

9. 9 II. Google Scholar (Beta) 1) Go to website: http://scholar.google.com/

10. 10 2) Enter author name, click search

11. 11 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?