Zitationscount
Zitationscount is a bibliometric indicator that quantifies how often a scholarly work has been cited by other publications. It serves as a rough proxy for scholarly visibility and influence and is commonly displayed on publication pages, author profiles, and institution dashboards. The term can refer to the count produced by a specific database or to the general idea of counting citations across sources.
Calculation and sources: Citation counts derive from indexing databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, Google
Limitations: Citation counts are affected by field, publication year, and language. They can include or exclude
Applications: Researchers and institutions use Zitationscounts in performance assessment, funding decisions, and rankings. Normalized or contextualized
Terminology and related concepts: The idea of a citation count is closely linked to related indicators like