Follow the trail of footnotes and bibliographies in everything you read! Old-fashioned footnote chasing is still one of the best research strategies, even in the digital age.
Citations can be tracked through the following databases:
Scopus
- Includes journal articles in medicine, science, social sciences, and arts & humanities.
- Search for a particular work, then click the number under Cited by. Or, search for a particular author, select the correct author, and click the number under Cited by for each article.
Google Scholar (free)
- Includes multi-disciplinary journal articles, conference proceedings, and books.
- Search for a particular work, then click on Cited by (number).
Web of Science (Emory subscription)
- Includes journal articles (in Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Index databases), conference proceedings (in Conference Proceedings Citation Index), and books (in Book Citation Index database).
- Use Cited Reference Search to see how many times a particular work or author has been cited.
- Or, search for a particular work, then click on the number that follows Times Cited.
- Create a Citation Alert to be notified of when a particular work is cited.