Citation analysis is the study of the impact and assumed quality of an article, an author, or an institution based on the number of times works and/or authors have been cited by others.
Below, are quick instructions for finding citation counts for pubications in three of the most frequently-used citation analysis tools: Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.
To find citation counts in Web of Science:
To find citation counts in Scopus:
To find citation counts in Google Scholar: