How can I find all the articles that have cited one specific article?
Answer
Searching for subsequent publications that cited a particular article is easier than you might think, and it is an excellent method to expedite thorough research like a literature review. Web of Science and Scopus are two databases that allow you to view the number of times cited, sort by times cited, or view the list / full text of articles that cited the work. Additionally, both databases may be used to see how many times a specific author has been cited.
Web of Science
Go to the Library homepage and click the Databases tab. Then, click the letter W and scroll down to Web of Science on the following page.
When searching Web of Science for articles, you’ll find a linked number for “Times Cited” to the right of each article in your results list, which you can click for a new list of published works that have cited it.
When working with a list of articles, you can click "Times Cited" from your sorting options at the top of your list to see the most popular articles first.
Additionally, there is a filter on the left when you search articles, that allows you to view by “highly cited in the field” or “hot papers in the field.”
It is also possible to search particular authors for times cited. Just return to the Web of Science homepage and change the default Basic Search to Cited Reference Search, then change your search parameters to Cited Author or Title. Note: Ensuring you have the correct author can be challenging for common names!
SCOPUS
Click the letter S from our Databases tab and scroll to find SCOPUS.
From the Document Search area, enter keywords to find articles, or a title if you have one in mind (1).
Notice you can also click (2) Authors to search for a specific name.
In our search results, a linked number is displayed in the right-most column, "Cited by." Click this number to see the publications that have cited this document. You could also check the box next to multiple documents and choose “View cited by” above your results list to view all publications that cited the selected documents.
Looking for the highly cited ones? Use the “Sort on” feature and choose “Cited by - highest" (pictured in the upper-right corner in the image above).