CitedIn

CitedIn is a brand name used by one or more services that focus on citation analysis and discovery in scholarly literature. The central idea behind such services is to help researchers understand how a publication is cited, identify related work, and monitor the evolving impact of a researcher’s output. While features vary by product, typical offerings include tracking citation counts over time, visualizing citation networks, and providing author or institution profiles to summarize scholarly impact.

In practice, citation-analytics tools labeled as CitedIn generally provide several core capabilities. Users can search for individual papers, authors, or journals, view citation histories, and export citation data for reference management or bibliometric analysis. Some versions offer alerts when a publication receives new citations, dashboards for monitoring multiple works, and basic analytics to compare impact across authors or venues. Data sources for these tools usually come from publishers, indexing services, and open or licensed bibliographic databases, with coverage and update frequency varying by service. Discrepancies can arise from name disambiguation, incomplete records, and differences in what constitutes a cited reference.

Usage and reception of CitedIn-style tools typically emphasize accelerating literature discovery and tracking scholarly influence. Critics note that coverage gaps, language bias, and licensing restrictions can affect accuracy and completeness, and they often compare such tools with established platforms like Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. The name CitedIn may refer to different implementations, so users should verify the specific features and data sources of the particular service they are using.