Library Guides: Using Research Indicators: Citation Count

Citation Count

Citation Count is a Snowball Metric. Snowball Metrics symbol

Citation Count is simply a count of the number of citations that an entity has received to date. An entity can be an institution, a research group or an individual researcher.

Citation behaviour varies between disciplines. As a non-field normalised metric, Citation Count is only useful for benchmarking against research outputs from similar disciplines.

Citation Count will vary for the same research entity in different database sources. Comparisons should therefore only be made from the a single source. See appropriate use of publication and citation metrics.

Recommended sources for calculating Citation Count are listed below.

SciVal
SciVal offers access to the research performance of 8,500 research institutions and 220 nations worldwide. It can be used to assess research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyse research trends.

Requires personal registration, whilst on campus, using your JCU credentials.
Available to James Cook University users only.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities,

Available to James Cook University users only.
Web of Science
Web of Science provides citation indexes spanning every discipline.

Available to James Cook University users only.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources.