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Does anybody know how to find how often a specific researcher is cited?
kollins said:Does anybody know how to find how often a specific researcher is cited?
kollins said:Thanks to everyone. I found it, but I'm wondering whether this index is really an objective "quality seal" since I know a professor, who is highly cited, but getting his citations through a good network of connections with all groups in his field, so it's like a club, where people knowing each other make the citations grow...
The most common way to find how often a specific researcher is cited is to use a citation database, such as Google Scholar, Web of Science, or Scopus. These databases allow you to search for a specific researcher's name and see a list of their publications and how many times each publication has been cited.
Yes, using a citation database, you can search for a specific paper by a researcher and see how many times that paper has been cited. You can also filter the results by the date range to see how often the paper has been cited in a specific time frame.
Yes, citation databases often provide metrics such as h-index, i10-index, and citation count, which can give an idea of the impact of a researcher's work. These metrics take into account the number of publications and the number of citations for each publication.
Aside from using a citation database, you can also use tools such as Altmetric or PlumX to track the online attention and mentions of a researcher's work, including citations in non-traditional sources such as social media, news articles, and policy documents.
Yes, citation databases often allow you to compare the citation frequency of a specific researcher to others in their field by generating a citation report. This report will show the researcher's citation metrics and how they compare to other researchers in the same field.