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Cited Reference Search: Step 1 of 2

Search for records that have cited a published work. All successful searches are added to the Search History table. 

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Through a cited reference search, you can discover how a known idea or innovation has been confirmed, applied, improved, extended, or corrected. Discover who’s citing your research and the impact your work is having on other researchers in the world.

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How to Perform a Cited Reference Search

  1. Enter a name in the Cited Author field.
  2. Enter a journal title, book title or patent number in the Cited Work field.

  3. Click Search. The search will return entries from the Cited Reference Index that contain the cited author/cited work that you entered.

  4. If you retrieve too many hits, return to the Cited Reference Search page and add search criteria for Cited Year, Cited Volume, Cited Issue, or Cited Page.

  5. Select references and cited reference variations from the Cited Reference Index.

  6. Click Finish Search to go to the Results page. The system retrieves all records of publications that cite the references you selected from the Cited Reference Index.

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Cited Reference Search Fields

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Mixed Language Search Queries

The search engine is unable to perform mixed Chinese / English search queries within the same field.

To perform a Cited Reference search using both the English and Chinese author name variant, we recommend that you perform two separate Cited Reference searches, and then combine the results on the Search History or Advanced Search page.

Cited Author \ Cited Year Searching

Search #1

From the Cited Reference Search page, enter the following search query.

Cited Author: Zhai MG
Cited Year: 2001

Select the needed references in step 2, and then click the Finish Search button.

Search #2

From the Cited Reference Search page, enter the following search query.

Cited Author: 翟明国
Cited Year: 2001

Select the needed references in step 2, and then click the Finish Search button.

Search #3

Go to the Advanced Search or Search History page. Enter in the text box #1 OR #2 and click the Search button to get the combined results, records that cite either the Chinese or the English version of the author name.

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Cited Work Searching

The same rule applies when you wish to combine an English-named journal with a Chinese-named journal in your search query.

Search #1

From the Cited Reference Search page, enter the following journal name.

Cited Work: Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology

Select the needed references in step 2, and then click the Finish Search button.

Search #2

From the Cited Reference Search page, enter the following search query.

Cited Work: 制造技术与机床

Select the needed references in step 2, and then click the Finish Search button.

Search #3

Go to the Advanced Search or Search History page. Enter in the text box #1 OR #2 and click the Search button to get the combined results, records that cite either the Chinese journal or the English journal.

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Search Tips

Enter only the family name of the cited author. For example: Chen.

In the Cited Work field, enter an abbreviated title of the publication or the first one or two significant words of the title followed by an asterisk (*) wildcard (for example: microbiol*). Look up abbreviations for cited works in the Cited Work search aid or the Journal Abbreviations index.

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