There are several methods for doing cited reference searching. The option(s) you choose will depend on your discipline and where the journals you published in are indexed. There are limitations inherent to each method, so typically authors need to combine methods to get the best results.
Guides:
OU Libraries' guide Who has cited my work? provides instructions for searching cited references in discipline specific databases.
Searches articles, theses, books, abstracts, patents, and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other web sites. You can check the availability of article full text if you use our link to Google Scholar, which will ask you to log in with your OU NetID.
Google Scholar's citation report shows citation count, h-index and links. This is not an exhaustive list-- it only includes those journals indexed by Google Scholar. Setting up a My Citations profile allows you to track your citations and links to articles that cited your work.
If you are having trouble accessing Google Scholar from our website, you can try accessing the site directly. See our guide to adding OU Libraries' resources to Google Scholar.
A comprehensive resource that allows users to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals from publishers in over 80 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. The OU community has access to the Science edition and the Social Sciences edition of JCR.
JCR provides citation data on journals and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences. The OU community has access to the Science edition and the Social Sciences edition of JCR.
Scopus is an abstract and citation database that supports research needs in the scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. It provides tools for tracking citations, creating researcher profiles, and visualizing search results.
Scopus also contains tools that track, analyze and visualize scholarly work.
Provides access to the Arts & Humanities Index (A&HCI), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Science Citation Index (SCI), and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The database can be searched by words in article titles and abstracts, by author, by journal, and to look for cited references.
Web of Knowledge provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). These indexes contain references that have been cited in other articles. You can use these citations to perform cited reference searches.
