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Literature Discovery through Citation Chaining and Mapping: Article Databases

A quick guide to introduce citation chaining and mapping tools for literature discovery

Article Databases

Web of Science

Click on the no. of citations or references to explore related articles.

Sample record on Web of Science: Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals (citation information accurate as of 11 Aug 2022)

"15" Citations

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"1,020" Cited References

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Read the most relevant articles first

The article you have in hand may have hundreds of citations or references, but not all of them are equally important to your research. Those that are appearing in the Discussion part may be more interesting than those appearing in the Introduction part.

These two unique features on Web of Science help you identify these articles.
 

Select citing articles by classification


Citing items by classification
 feature helps you identify articles by showing if they "support", "differ", or "discuss" the findings in the article in hand. 

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Select references in context


Enriched Cited References
 feature helps you identify articles by showing their location (e.g. Introduction, Discussion) in the article in hand. 

Learn more in this post.

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Scopus

Navigate to the Cited by or References sections to explore related articles.

Sample record on Web of Science: Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals (citation information accurate as of 11 Aug 2022)

 

"References (15)"

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"1013" Citations in Scopus

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IEEE Xplore 

A database to find journals and conference articles, and patents in electrical and electrical engineering fields.

Click on the no. of citations or navigate to the References and Citations sections to explore related articles.

Sample record on IEEE Xplore: A Novel Single-Inductor Dual-Input Dual-Output DC-DC Converter With PWM Control for Solar Energy Harvesting System  (citation information accurate as of 20 Jul 2022)

"References"

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"58" Paper Citations

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"2" Patent Citations

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SciFinder-n

A database to find literature in chemistry-related fields.

Navigate to the Citing or Cited Documents sections to explore related articles.

Sample record on SciFinder-n: Single-atom catalyst for high-performance methanol oxidation  (citation information accurate as of 21 Jul 2022)

"Cited Documents"

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"Citing (17)"

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Citation Map

Visualize the relations of citing and cited articles. Learn more here.

(Unique feature in SciFinder-n)

PubMed

Largest database for biomedical literature.

Navigate to the Cited by and References sections to explore related articles.

Sample record on PubMed: Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals (citation information accuracy as of 21 Jul 2022)

"References"

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"Cited by"

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