Use Scopus to determine which sources an author cites most

Recently a librarian posted to @Scopus on Twitter about gathering statistics on an author’s citation trends. Here’s a way you can use tools on the Scopus author profile page to determine which sources an author cites most frequently.

1. Perform an <Author Search> and search for the author of interest
2. Find the correct author from the results list and click on the author’s name
3. From the author’s detail page, find the ‘Author History’ box on the right and click on the number next to <References>
4. This opens the search results window and lists the references the author has cited across his or her publications
5. Click on <Analyze search results> and open the <Source> tab
6. Here you’ll not only see a list of the top sources the author references (and number of documents from each source), but you can also use the graph to view even more details, or create a chart in which you can compare journal metric values.
7. You can also export, print and email the information from the charts

To see this done, watch this short video.

And don’t forget, the Scopus author profile page also has tools to help you analyze an author’s impact through citation counts, publication history, h-index and co-author information.