Citation databases

Citation databases assist you to explore connections, track influence, evaluate the impact of scholarship and understand the bigger picture around a topic.

Use a citation database to:

Find and identify research

  • Find the most cited or most relevant works on a topic.
  • Discover related works that share authors or references.
  • Tell the difference between authors with the same name.

Analyse and track trends

  • Break down search results by year, author, journal, or subject.
  • Compare the performance of journals in a subject area.
  • View an author or institution’s publishing profile, including h-index.

Stay up to date

  • Set up alerts for new research by an author or on a topic.
  • Get notified when a work is cited by others.

Access citation databases

The Library subscribes to Web of Science and Scopus for reliable, curated citation searching.

Citation counts will vary across platforms as they cover different sources and merge duplicates in their own way. You may also see citation counts in tools like Google Scholar.

Help and how-to guides

Step-by-step guides and support to help you get the most out of citation databases.

Find it resource

Look for the Find it at CSU icon or link to access the full text of an article directly from a citation database.


Find it buttons may look like this