If you would like to explore and assess the usefulness of citation analysis tools please take a look at the shared spreadsheet here.
Please select one or more tools and assess their usefulness for citation searching and co-citation analysis.
Please add your findings to the spreadsheet.
Please also give your ratings of usability and value of a resource by placing a 'X' in the ratings cells of the resource(s) you have assessed.
The reading list for Julie's presentations is here.
A list of references for papers comparing citation indexes/resources is here.
The spreadsheet contains the following fields
Resource/tool name and link
Form of access: subscription or free or mixed
Data sources used by the tool
Citation analysis
Forward analysis
Backward analysis
Files downloadable? What formats?
Co-citation analysis
Options
Limitations
Files downloadable? What formats?
Comments
List any features you liked or disliked
Usability - how would you rate ease of use
from 1 (very poor) to 5 (very easy to use)
Value for citation analysis to inform SRs
from 1 (very low) to 5 (very high)