Scopus, the Web of Science, and Google Scholar are prime sources for finding cited author references. Other products, however, also offer searching options for finding cited references, including references in both journals and books.
In searching cited authors, the search often depends on the citation style, some standard (Chicago, APA MLA), some in other formats. The Web of Science, for example, has its own format, and the user must enter the search as the database instructions specify.
Searches may retrieve items in a bibliography as well as citations in notes. In some cases the results will include recommendations for further reading or other information unrelated to a cited reference.
To keep citations up to date (and for delivery of topic searches or tables of contents) you may wish to sign up for journal alerts which are available from most databases.
You may also wish to search for Book Reviews or Electronic Book Collections
SCOPUS
Set the search to Authors
In the search boxes for Author search use: Author Last name and Author first name
Search example :
Smith J.L. (From Scopus)
Hennessy A.V.
Alibali M.W.
Search
The search may retrieve the author with name variants
Alibali, Martha Wagner
Alibali, Martha
Alibali, Martha W.
Alibali, M. W.
[You could also have tried Alibali Martha as a search]
You may also search by your author's ORCID number
In other searches, the variants may occur as separate entries
Select your author and Click on Show documents
You will see a list of articles that have cited the author you searched
For some useful analysis of the results use View citation overview
Web of Science
Select Cited Reference Search
To "Find the articles that cite a person's work" you may:
(Step 1) Enter information about the cited work
Keep the drop-down set to Cited Author
In the search box, type the author's last name and initial, separated only by a space
Search example:
hennessy a*
Search
You will see a list of references which cite Hennessy a*
(Step 2) Select cited references and click "Finish Search."
or, perhaps better
Below the author search box you will see: Select from Index
Click on it and you will go to the Cited Author Index
"Use the Browse feature to locate primary cited authors to add to your query."
Enter the author's last name and click on "move to"
Select the appropriate author (all listed only by last name initial(s))
Click on add to "Transfer your selected cited author(s) below to the Cited Author field on the search page"
Click on OK
Click on Search
Select items
"Select All" adds the first 1000 matches to your cited reference search, not all matches. Click on Finish Search You will see a list of articles citing the author you searched
Google Scholar
Search the author's name
The forms of the author name will vary, depending on the citation style used
Within results, click on Cited by
Search examples:
"Elinor Ostrom"
"Robert H. Ferrell"
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"R. H. Ferrell"
"Ferrell, R. H."
Beneath each title in the results list is "Cited by [number]"
Click on "Cited by [number]"
You will see the articles citing the title you have chosen
ABI/Inform (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
Use the drop down menu to change from Anywhere to References and choose an option.
Or simply use References-REF
Searches will retrieve the exact phrase you enter (use the quotation marks)
Search examples:
"Ferrell, R. H."
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
Academic Search EBSCO
Select "Cited References" from blue band at top
In the box for Cited Author, type your author name
Search
Search examples:
engs, ruth c.
In the list of items by the author you searched mark the checkboxes in front of each or select which references you want
(Not all items will have the check box)
Click on Find Citing Articles.
You will find a list of items citing the author
*You are searching all EBSCO databases with the cited author search no matter which of the EBSCO databases you may be using; results, then, will be the same for any given author in any database cited author search
ACM Digital Library
Go to Advanced Search
In the box labelled "Where", set the drop-down menu to Author
Search an author by last name only
Use refine by people (on the left) and select "Authors"
From the list select the author you are searching for by clicking on the name
In the list of results , click on an item Beneath the bibliographic information you will see a band of options
Click on the tab "CITED BY"
America: History and Life (EBSCO)
In the blue band at the top, select Cited References
*Same procedure as Academic Search
Annual Reviews [Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology]
Go to Advanced Search
In the first drop-down box select Author Cited
In the search box type in your author's last name and the initial of the first name (e.g., smith, w)
Search
You will see articles that cite the author you have searched
Search examples:
Saffran, J
thiessen, e
Thiessen, ED
*Note: the full text of articles is not available for all years
arXiv
Go to Advanced Search
In the drop-down menu choose Author
Enter the author name
Using the Author(s) field produces best results for author name searches.
For the most precise name search, follow surname(s), forename(s) or surname(s), initial(s) pattern: example Hawking, S or Hawking, Stephen
For best results on multiple author names, separate individuals with a ; (semicolon). Example: Jin, D S; Ye, J
Author names enclosed in quotes will return only exact matches. For example, "Stephen Hawking" will not return matches for Stephen W. Hawking.
Diacritic character variants are automatically searched in the Author(s) field.
Queries with no punctuation will treat each term independently.
In the list of results, click on the arXive identification number [as: arXiv:1810.01847]
Look to the right for: References & Citations
Choose options:
INSPIRE HEP (refers to | cited by )
NASA ADS
You will find articles citing the reference you chose
BioOne (Proquest)
Go to Advanced Search
Set field to Author Name
Search your author
Click on a title in the list of results of the search
Below the bibliographic information you will see a band of options
Click on CITED BY
You will see:
Google Scholar
View citing articles on Google Scholar
Click on View citing articles on Google Scholar to get the list of citations to your title
Additional records, either by the author or citing the author, also appear with links to CrossRef
Click on CrossRef
Search examples:
Phil J. Watson
heather s. birch
You can click on an author's name in a reference to retrieve additonal items by that author
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
In the blue band at the top click on open the drop-down More menu
Select Cited Author:
* Same procedure as Academic Search
CINAHL Complete (EBSCO)
In the blue band at the top, go to More and use the drop-down menu
Select Cited References
* Same procedure as Academic Search
CiteSeerX
At the top left you will see Documents Authors Tables
click on Authors
In the search box type your author's name
Check the boxes Include Citations and Disambiguate
Search
Click on the author you want
You will see a list of works and the times cited
Click on the title of a work to see what others have cited it
Search examples:
smith, linda
jenny saffran
Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
Use the drop-down menu and select Anywhere
or
Select command search and choose limiter field cited author (CAU)
Use quotations to limit results
Search
Search examples:
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
Author name variations will reflect the citation style used in the dissertation
EBook Central (ProQuest)
In the box Keyword, Author, ISBN, and more
Search an author name
or
Go to Advanced Search and enter the author name and set the second drop-down to matches
In the list of results, click on a title
Select Read Online
On the left you will see chapters and results for "author name"
Go to the reference to see which of the author's work has been cited
Search example:
"goodwin, doris kearns"
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
Go to Advanced Search
In the drop-down menu Select: TX All Text Fields
Mode is should be set to Boolean/Phrase
Use quotation marks
Search examples:
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
"doris kearns goodwin"
Click on a title
Look beneath the bibliographic information for: Show Relevant Passages from this eBookMost Relevant Pages From This eBook
Click on: View Page
You will see the citations to your author
Education Research Complete (EBSCO)
Select "Cited References" from the blue band at the top of the screen
* Same procedure as Academic Search
Emerald Insight (Emerald Management Xtra Plus)
Go to Advanced Search
Choose All Fields
Search your author name (References follow APA style)
Search examples:
Dutton, D.G.
Shuck, B.
"shuck, b."
Note that "shuck, b." (or "Shuck, B.") will search the phrase and find fewer results than Shuck, B. which is essentially seaching shuck or b.
Factiva
Go to Search, then choose Search Builder
Searches will retrieve the exact phrase entered
Search examples:
Ferrell, R. H.
Ferrell, Robert H.
Robert H. Ferrell
Google Books
Search the cited author's name
Search examples:
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"Ferrell, R. H."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
"R. H. Ferrell"
"Goodwin, Doris"
"Doris Kearns Goodwin"
The forms of the author name will vary, depending on the citation style used
Use Search in this book to find citations
You may find no results
In new Google Books the forma is a little different
Still, use the box "Search in this book"
You may find "No results in this book for [authors name, full or partial]
The book may contain references but they are unavailable through the Google Books search
Google Scholar Alerts
Go to Google scholar
Click on the three bars at the top left
Click on alerts
Click on Create Alert
You will see:
Alert query: Enter your author name [You can enter anything here, really, and the author does not need to be you]
Email: Enter the email address to which you want the alerts to be sent [Any valid address is fine]
For help see: Google Scholar Citations
Google Scholar Profile
Go to Google scholar
Click on Sign In in at the upper right
Use: Create an Account
Complete the information to create an account
Once you have an account, log in
(You can click on the three bars at the upper left and choose: My Profile)
Add (+) publications you wish to track
Update the list of publications as necessary by adding (+) new works
The profile will be yours as its owner; the titles to track for references could be by any author you choose (yourself or someone else)
For help see: Google Scholar Citations
HathiTrust Digital Library
Set search to Full-text, Full view only
Search examples:
"kermode, frank"
"goodwin, doris"
"Barbara tuchman"
"ferrell, robert h."
"robert h. ferrell"
The forms of the author name will vary, depending on the citation style used
Select an item from the list of results
Use "Search in this text"
Enter the author name (or a part of it, as simply a last name) in the "Search in this text" search box and click on Find
The book search will return all the pages on which the author is mentioned, including text, notes, index, citations, and bibliography
Hein Online
Search in the items under Law Journal Library
Go to Advanced Search
Select Field Search: Author/creator
Use a last name or do a "phrase search"
Search examples:
Gill, Barbara
To the right of the results retrieved you will see cited by [number] articles
Click on it to see a list of articles that have cited your search result(s)
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
In the blue bar at the top, click on Cited References
* Same procedure as Academic Search
IngentaConnect
Select Advanced Search from the band at the top of the screen
or
Enter your author name in the general search box "Search Ingenta Connect" and then select author from the "Search by" drop-down menu
Search examples:
Engs, R. C.
Engs, ruth
Jenny Safran
Saffran, Jenny
"jenny Saffran"
Oakes, Lisa
Oakes, Lisa M.
[You may have to search variants of the author's name; you may see references unrelated to your author; and quotation marks do not necessarily help]
Click Search
Click on the title(s) in the result(s) list
Below the bibliographic information you will see:
Abstract References Citations Supplementary Data Article Media Metrics Suggestions
Click on Citations
Note: not all records will have citations. (articles must be "on the Ingenta Connect platform.")
You could set the Search box: "Search for" to "Article full text" and search an authors name. After you click on an item, go to References and look for a journal reference, meaning you need to know where the author's works appeared. Not all results will include references, either.
JSTOR
Go to Advanced Search
Search using: All fields
Search examples:
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
"Ferrell, R. H"
"R. H. Ferrell"
"Ferrell 1994"
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"doris Kearns goodwin"
MathSciNet
Set search to References in the dropdown menu
You can search by author name in references, but the entries by author name do vary in the articles.
Search examples:
Hunter, G.
Kramer, P.H.
Kibble, T.W.B.
C. Doran
S.M. Barnett
J.C. Maxwell
Martin Karplus
Maxwell, James Clerk
Medline (OVID)
Go to Advanced Search
Set search to Author
Enter Author's last name, a space, and first initial if known
Search
You will a list of names
Check the name(s) you want and click on Search for Selected Terns (above your list)
You will see a list of articles by your author
Select an item
To the right under Tools you will see "Find Citing References"
Click on "Find Citing References"
Medline (WoS)
Use the basic search
In the first search box enter your author's name
Search examples:
hennessy av
goodwin d*
Set drop-down menu to author
Search
Choose an iten from the list of results
You will see a numer (onthe right under Citation Neywork) and Times Cited
Click on the number
You will retrieve the citing articles
or
Set the drop down menu to author first
Beneath the search box you will see box: Select from Index
lick on it
Use the Author Index and its Browse feature to locate authors to add to your query.
Transfer your selected author(s) below to the Author field on the search page.
Click on OK
Search
Choose an iten from the list of results
You will see a number (on the right under Citation Network) and Times Cited
Click on the number
You will retrieve the citing articles
Microsoft Academic
In the general search box, search by author name (no quotes) or an exact name in quotation marks
(The program may promp you for a name)
You may also search title and for exact titles, enclose the title in quotation marks
Search examples:
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
In the list of titles by your author, you may click on: [number] citations, to the top right of the bibliographic information section
or
You may click on the title to open more of a view and look down to the tab: CITED BY
Nature Online Journals
Go to Advanced search
Search your author in the box: where the list of authors contains
Search examples:
"pauling, Linus"
Arnold, Frances
Frances H Arnold
In the list of results, click on an item
In the record, Click on Metrics
Click on Web of Science
Click on CrossRef
You will see lists of citing articles
Nexis Uni
At the top, select All Nexis Uni
In the box "Enter terms, sources, companies, or citatins" enter your author name
"robert a. bork"
"robert bork"
"Robert h. Ferrell"
"susan sontag"
Results will be shown in various categories, including news and law reviews
Oxford Academic Journals (Oxford Journals Archive)
Use the search box: All Journals (also available by choosing Advanced Search)
Enter the name of your author
Search
Search examples:
"doris kearns goodwin"
"goodwin, doris kearns"
"robert h. ferrell"
You will see a list of items in which the author you searched in mentioned
Open a title to confirm exact citation
*You may use filters to modify your search after searching or use advanced search to limit before searching
PAIS (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
Set the drop-down menu to Author
In the search box, enter your author's name
Search
Search examples:
Ford, Robert C
ostrom, elinor
Robert C. Ford
"ostrom, elinor"
You may be prompted from a list of authors (autocomplete); you can choose the one you want
Click on Search
In the list of search results, select an article and click on it
On the right of the bibliographic information and abstract look for Cited by [number]
Click on Cited by [number]
You will see the items that cite the author's article ([number] documents in ProQuest cite:)
Project Muse
Enter your terms in the search box
You may also add boolean operators to combine terms
Click on a title
Look for your author name in the text
For books, use within that item in the search box (upper right):"search Within Book"
Search examples:
"Ferrell, Robert H."
"ferrell, r. h."
"Robert H. Ferrell"
"L. Infeld"
"Ferrell 1980"
"west, cornel"
"doris kearns goodwin"
PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
From the dropdown menu under More Options, select: References -- REF
Search your author's name
Search examples:
"Smith, Linda b."
"Linda b. Smith"
"Smith, l. b."
"Graf Estes, K."
You will a list of articles that have cited your aothor's work
Psychiatry Online
Go to Advanced
Set the drop-down menu to Author
Search an author
Search examples:
George H. Fried
Fried, George H.
"Fried, George H."
You can also use Narrow results to select an author name from the list (especially if you search a partial name, as: fried, g or moore)
In the list of search results, Click on an article
Look to the right of the bibliographic information for: cited by
Click on Cited by
You will find a list of articles that have cited your author's work
Publish or Perish
Install Publish or Perish
Once the program is installed, you will see the search grid and a list of sources
Select an existing search to inspect or modify, or click one of these bottons to create a new seach:
Crossref (Free data source)
Google scholar (Free data source)
Google scholar profile (Free data source)
Microsoft (Free registration required)
Scopus (Free registration required)
Web of Science (External subscription required)
After you select a source, search your author
Search examples:
graf-estes, k OR "graf estes, k" OR "estes, k.g."
Smith, Linda B.
You may see:
Warning: Results limit reached
The search returned 2000 results, which is the maximum allowed for this data source This may effect the search coverage. Click help for more information
For Google scholar: In the result list highlight a title
Right click and select Open citing works in browser
PubMed
Go to Advanced search (PubMed Advanced Search Builder)
Set the drop-down menu to Author
Begin typing the author name
Hennessy a
You will be prompted for names as they appear in the database
You may also use Show index list
Select your author
Search
In the search results, click on an item
Look to the right for Cited by [number] PubMed Central articles
You will see a short list of articles that cite the item you chose
Click on "See all" to see all the references in complete bibliographic format
Sage Journals Online
Go to Advanced Search
In the drop-down menu (default Anywhere) change to Author
Type your author name
Search
Search examples:
"doris kearns goodwin"
"linda b. smith"
"smith, linda b."
"smith, l. b."
Click to open a title from the list of results
To the right of the reference and abstract or text look for "Articles Citing This One: [number]
Click on"View All"
In the next screen look down to: "Articles Citing this One"
You can click on those title for full bibliographic information and often the full text
*Not all results will be available full text in Sage journals
Science Direct
Use the author name search box
Type your author name and Search
Click on the title(s) of the results found by your author search
To the right look for Citing article [(number)]
Click on it to show citing article(s) and use "View Details" to show the full imformation about the citing article
Search examples:
"linda b. smith"
"smith, linda b."
"smith, l. b."
You can also go to Advanced search and search your author's name
SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts)
Create an account (free)
Log in to your account
Under References on the left, click on author name and fill in the information
It is probably a good idea to keep checked: Look for alternate spellings of the last name
Search
Select the names you want to search by checking the box before the name
Click on Get References
You will have a list of articles by the author you have searched
You can select items one at a time or as a group
Once chosen, look above the list of references for Get Related Citations
Use the drop down to select: Get Citing, and click on it
You will now see a list of articles that have cited your author (in the titles you chose to examine)
Scitation
Click on the magnifying glass icon at the end of the search box labeled: "Enter words / phrases / DOI / ISBN / authors / keywords / etc."
You will go to Advanced Search
From the drop-down menu select Author
Search your author's name
You will see a list of titles and a note above the title with the number of citations
Click on a title
Beneath the bibliographic information you will see ABSTRACT CITED BY TOOLS
Click on CITED BY
You will see a list of items that have cited the article you selected
Jeremy McCormick
McCormick, Jeremy
Carol K. Hall
"Carol K. Hall"
*When you find an article by an author, you may click on the author's name in the bibliographic information and generate a list of other items by that author.
Social Services Abstracts (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
Set the drop-down menu to Author
In the search box, enter your author's name
Search
Search examples:
Svarstad, Bonnie L.
S.varstad, Bonnie L.
Bonnie L. Svarstad
Schmidt, K.
Schmidt, Christa K.
You may be prompted from a list of authors (autocomplete); you can choose the one you want
Click on Search
In the list of search results, select an article and click on it
On the right of the bibliographic information and abstract look for Cited by [number]
Click on Cited by [number]
You will see the items that cite the author's article ([number] documents in ProQuest cite:)
Springer Link
Click on the gear icon to go to Advanced Search
Find Resources
with the exact phrase
Search examples:
doris kearns goodwin
Davis, Natalie Zemon
Davis, N. Z
You may also use phrase searching in the basic search by adding quotes
"Davis, N. Z."
In the list of results look at the full text to see which item(s) by your author the source has cited
Toxline (ProQuest)
Go to Advanced Search
Set drop-down menu to Author
Set the drop-down menu to Author
In the search box, enter your author's name
Search
Search examples:
"smith, g a"
"hennessy, sara"
hennessy sara
You may be prompted from a list of authors (autocomplete); you can choose the one you want Click on Search
In the list of search results, select an article and click on it
On the right of the bibliographic information and abstract look for Cited by [number]
Click on Cited by [number]
You will see the items that cite the author's article ([number] documents in ProQuest cite:)
Wiley Online Library
Go to Advanced search
Set drop-down menu to Author
Author names may appear with full first names or just initials. Place author names in quotes to find a specific name and its variants. For example, “John Smith” finds articles by John Smith, John K Smith and John Colby-Smith while “J Smith” finds articles by J Smith, JR Smith, John Smith and Julie Smith.
In the list of articles, clink on a title
Click on Citing literature
Below the bibliographic information and abstract you will see: Citing Literature
Click on Citing Literature
Beneath "Number of times cited according to CrossRef: [number]" you will see a list of citing articles
Location: