Savvy Searcher -- Web of Science

Academic institutions require analysis of their publication output for tenure and accreditation. When you are asked to compile and analyze productivity, the citation report from Web of Science is a valuable tool.

• Citation Report can show citation and publication trends for authors, journals, institutions, even papers on a subject.
• Citation report includes graphical displays of the number of papers and citations in each year, and summary data on the average citations per paper.
• For each paper in the analysis, it displays the total citations to date, the average number of citations per year, and the year-by-year citation count.
• Any results list (up to 10,000 records) from a General Search can be used to create a Citation Report.

How do you find the Citation Report? Here's an example of citation and publication trends for an author:

1. From the Himmelfarb Library e-Databases page, select the the ISI Web of Science database http://www.gwumc.edu/library/eresources/edatabase.cfm
2. Use the author finder or conduct a general search by author name. NOTE: The author finder allows a combination search of author name and institutional affiliation
3. From the page with the result set, click on "citation report"
4. The citation report gives two charts: the number of published items per year and the number of citations per year. For a more accurate count of citations, there is a limit to "view without self-citations".

For Example:
Using the author finder, you can search for Katz RJ*. Next, limit your search to George Washington University. Web of Science indicates there are 95 results found. From the result set page, go ahead and click on "citation report". A new page opens with graphs displaying the number of published items in each year (for the past 20 years) and the number of citations per year. In addition to the charts, detailed analysis - by year - is offered of references and citations. Additionally, limits are available. This is helpful if you would like to view the number of citations without self-citations.