
When evaluated for promotion or tenure, faculty members are increasingly judged more on the quality than on the quantity of their scholarly publications. As a result, they want help from librarians in locating all citations to their published works for documentation in their curriculum vitae. Citation analysis using Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index provides a logical starting point in measuring quality, but the limitations of these sources leave a void in coverage of citations to an author's work. This article discusses alternative and additional methods of locating citations to published works.
020, 330, Abstracting and Indexing, Writing, Information Storage and Retrieval, Documentation, Faculty, Abstracting and Indexing as Topic, Library Services, Bibliometrics, Medicine and Health Sciences, Textbooks as Topic, Bibliographies as Topic, Periodicals as Topic, Information Systems
020, 330, Abstracting and Indexing, Writing, Information Storage and Retrieval, Documentation, Faculty, Abstracting and Indexing as Topic, Library Services, Bibliometrics, Medicine and Health Sciences, Textbooks as Topic, Bibliographies as Topic, Periodicals as Topic, Information Systems
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 10 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 10% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
