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I Need to Know Who Has Cited a Work

Who Has Cited A Work?

One way to find out who has cited the article is to use the Cited By tool in Google Scholar.

1.Type the title of the article in quotes in the search field:

 

Quote around a title in google scholar search

2. Locate your article in the search results, and look for the Cited By link included in the article citation. This is approximately how many times the article has been cited by other scholars, which gives you a sense its impact:

Cited by link in google scholar

 

3. Select the Cited By link for a list of the articles and sources that cited the article:

List of articles and sources that cited an article

 

You can also find out who has cited the article is to use the Citations tool in Web of Science.

1. Type the title of the article in quotes in the search field:

2. Locate your article in the search results, and look for the Citations link included in the article citation. In Web of Science, this indicates the number of articles that have cited your article that are also indexed in Web of Science (this does not mean this is the total number of times that the article has been cited). 

3. Select the Citations link for a list of the articles and sources that cited the article: