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Literature Discovery through Citation Chaining and Mapping: Scite, Semantic Scholar, Dimensions, Lens

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

Open Platforms

Semantic Scholar

  • References - Find documents cited in this article (Backward searching)
  • Citation number - Find documents that are citing this article (Forward searching).
    Citing documents include journal articles, conference papers, books, editorials, news, etc.

Can also check:

  • Citations in context: see the most influential citing articles. Learn more here

Sample record on Semantic Scholar: Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates (citation information accuracy as of 21 Jul 2022)

Dimensions

  • Publication references - Find documents cited in this article (Backward searching)
  • Publication citations - Find publications that are citing this article (Forward searching)

Can also check:

  • Patent / Clinical trial / Policy document citations - Find patents, clinical trials, policy documents (if any) cited in this article
  • Mentions on social media (e.g. Twitter, blogs). Learn more here.

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

Lens.org

  • References - Find articles cited in this article (Backward searching)
  • Citing Works - Find articles that are citing this article (Forward searching)
    Citing documents include journal and conference articles, book chapters, preprints, editorials, etc.

Can also check:

  • Citing Patents - Find patents cited in this article, if any

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

Scite

A tool to help you discover articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. Library has subscribed the Premium Plus version.


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

  • References - Find publications cited in this article (Backward searching)
  • Cited by - Find publications that are citing this article (Forward searching)

Can also:

  • Check results by paper sections (e.g. Results, Discussion)
  • Check results by citation types (e.g. supporting, contrasting)

Sample record on Scite: Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals (citation information accuracy as of 27 Jul 2022)

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