Track who's citing whom...
Review the bibliographies of important documents for influential past research, but be aware you can track research forward to see what documents (primarily scholarly articles) have cited a particular item.
Try searching your original document in these databases. If that item is included in the results, look for a "Cited by" link. If the item doesn't show up, try a "Cited Reference" search in Web of Science. [In Scopus, limit the search to the "References" field]
- Google ScholarUse Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Coverage also includes many books, dissertations, patents, and U.S. Federal & State court decisions.
Look for "Cited by [#]" links below each citation, which point to subsequent publications that cite the document in their bibliographies.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary citation & abstract database of peer-reviewed literature, with bibliometric tools to track, analyze and visualize research. It indexes nearly 30,000 journals from more than 7,000 publishers around the world, as well as over 300,000 book titles.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCitation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.