What is Citation tracing?

‘Citation Tracing’ (also known as ‘Citation Tracking’) refers to both finding references cited in a given article and finding newer articles that cite the original article.

How do I find out how many citations a paper has?

Use the Citations tab to search for a particular author. The search will result in a list of publications, ranked by number of citations. Or, use the Publications tab to search for a particular article and see how many times it has been cited.

Is it OK to quote a whole paragraph?

When writing an entire paragraph about a single study, introduce that paragraph by stating that you will refer to the same study throughout the paragraph, then cite the reference. Double-space the entire quotation, and at the end of the quotation, provide citation information after the final punctuation mark.

How do I check my Scopus citations?

Select the “Author Search” tab on the Scopus search page. Enter the last name of an author and the first initial for the broadest search. Select one or more names from the list of results, based on affiliation, subject area and location. Click on the “View Citation Overview” button at the top of the list of results.

How do you put a citation at the end of a sentence?

Citations for paraphrases typically include both an author name and year in parentheses at the end of the sentence, or the year in parentheses immediately after the author’s name within the sentence when the author’s name is part of the sentence text (APA, 2020, p. 263).

Do you have to cite statistics in MLA?

If you’re quoting or referring to statistics in your academic papers, the short and simple answer is, yes, of course you should always cite your sources.

How do you write a citation for a paragraph?

Using In-text Citation For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14). For sources such as websites and e-books that have no page numbers, use a paragraph number, for example: (Field, 2005, para. 1).

How do you cite the same source multiple times MLA?

If you would like to cite more than one source within the same in-text citation, simply record the in-text citations as normal and separate them with a semi-colon. Examples: (Smith 42; Bennett 71). (It Takes Two; Brock 43).

What is considered a high number of citations?

Authors with Hirsch Index h=10 according to Web of Science are in the most of disciplines regarded internationally influential, so cyclic publication of papers cited at least 10 times each may be regarded as very good result.

How do you reference an entire paragraph?

If you cite a paragraph verbatim from another source, put it in quotation marks or in a quotation block and add one reference to the source at the end. If you have a whole paragraph referring to one source but don’t actually quote it, it gets a little bit more tricky.

How do you find out where an article has been cited?

Have a look at Google Scholar, they’ve made this really easy. Just enter the search terms in quotation marks (that narrows down the results) in the box, then ‘search’. Under each article, click on the link “Cited by (number)” to retrieve a list of those who have cited the work.

What does an in-text citation look like MLA?

MLA in-text citation style uses the author’s last name and the page number from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken, for example: (Smith 163). If the source does not use page numbers, do not include a number in the parenthetical citation: (Smith).