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How to find out how many times a paper has been cited

Degradation of Human-Dominated Ecosystems: NREM 612

Dr. Greg BrulandUniversity of Hawai’i-Mānoa

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I. ISI Web of Science1) Go to UH Library website: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/

2) Click on Electronic Resources link

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3) Enter the following, check/uncheck boxes

4) Click on Search

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

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5) Click on Web of Science

6) Repeat this process on the next screen

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7) Uncheck boxes, then click General Search

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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.

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8) Enter author, title, year info

9) Click search

811) Click on title or # of times cited for more info

10) Check # of times cited

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II. Google Scholar (Beta)

1) Go to website: http://scholar.google.com/

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2) Enter author name, click search

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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?