Bibliometrics - Impact Factor, H-index, and More: How to Determine the number of citations for an author

There are a number of different databases available to determine how many times an authors articles have been cited by other articles.

Both Scopus and Web of Science can be used to find this information. Google scholar can also provide this information.  Keep in mind the number of citations of each of these databases will be different because of the way they pull the citation information.

Below we will provide instructions on how to use the databases to gather this information

How To Find the number of Citations for an Author on Scopus

1. Go to the CSHL Library website.
2. From there you can click on Resources.
3. Then click on Databases & Protocols.
4. Then chose Scopus.
5. Click on the Author tab and enter the author you would like to search.
6. A list will be generated, make sure the author is from the correct affiliation.  Then click on the correct author.
7. Their profile will appear and you can see the number of documents and citations that they received.
8. Click on Citation overview to get a table of publications and the number of citations.

How To Find the number of Citations on Web of Science

1. Go to the CSHL Library website.
2. From there you can click on Resources.
3. Then click on Databases & Protocols.
4. Then chose Web of Science.
5. Click on the Researchers Tab and enter the author you would like to search.
6. A list will be generated, make sure the author is from the correct affiliation.  Then click on the correct author.
7. A summary of their citations is on the right, but if you click on View Citations report, you will see more metrics.
8. Scroll down to see a table of publications and the number of citations.