Citation Searching (Citation Analysis)

Course reading list 1

General reading list supporting the training

Albarqouni L, Doust J, Glasziou P. Patient preferences for cardiovascular preventive medication: a systematic review. Heart. 2017;103(20):1578-86.

Albarqouni, L.; Hoffmann, T.; Glasziou, P.  Evidence-based practice educational intervention studies: a systematic review of what is taught and how it is measured. BMC Med Educ 2018;18 (1):177. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-018-1284-1.

Armstrong MF, Conduff JH, 3rd, Fenton JE, Coelho DH. Reference Errors in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Literature. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2018;159(2):249-53.

Ashkanani Z, Mohtar R, Al-Enezi S, Smith PK, Calabrese S, Ma X et al. AI-assisted systematic review on remediation of contaminated soils with PAHs and heavy metals. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024; 468:133813. Available from: URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389424003923.

Bae J-M, Kim EH. Citation Discovery Tools for Conducting Adaptive Meta-analyses to Update Systematic Reviews. J Prev Med Public Health. 2016;49(2):129-33.

Bascur JP, Verberne S, van Eck NJ. Academic information retrieval using citation clusters: In-depth evaluation based on systematic reviews. Scientometrics 2023; 128:2895–921.

Beckers, T., N. Maassen, B. Koekkoek, B. Tiemens and G. Hutschemaekers (2022): Can social support be improved in people with a severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis. In Current Psychology. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02694-4. (uses Co-Cites)

Belter CW. Citation analysis as a literature search method for systematic reviews. J Assn Inf Sci Tec. 2016.

Belter CW. A relevance ranking method for citation-based search results. Scientometrics. 2017;112(2):731-46.

Briscoe, S., et al. (2020). "Conduct and reporting of citation searching in Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional study." Res Synth Methods 11(2): 169-180.

Cantrell, Anna; Booth, Andrew; Chambers, Duncan (2022): A systematic review case study of urgent and emergency care configuration found citation searching of Web of Science and Google Scholar of similar value. In Health Information & Libraries Journal. DOI: 10.1111/HIR.12428.

Cawley M, Beardslee R, Beverly B, Hotchkiss A, Kirrane E, Sams R, 2nd, et al. Novel text analytics approach to identify relevant literature for human health risk assessments: A pilot study with health effects of in utero exposures. Environ Int. 2020;134:105228.

Cooper C, Booth A, Britten N, Garside R. A comparison of results of empirical studies of supplementary search techniques and recommendations in review methodology handbooks: a methodological review. Syst Rev. 2017;6(1):234.

Frandsen TF, Eriksen MB. Supplementary strategies identified additional eligible studies in qualitative systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol 2023; 159:85–91.

Gates M, Elliott SA, Gates A, Sebastianski M, Pillay J, Bialy L et al. LOCATE: a prospective evaluation of the value of Leveraging Ongoing Citation Acquisition Techniques for living Evidence syntheses. Systematic Reviews 2021; 10(1):116.

Greenhalgh T, Peacock R. Effectiveness and efficiency of search methods in systematic reviews of complex evidence: audit of primary sources. BMJ. 2005;331(7524):1064-5.

Gusenbauer M. Search where you will find most: Comparing the disciplinary coverage of 56 bibliographic databases. Scientometrics 2022; 127(5):2683–745. Available from: URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-022-04289-7.

Gusenbauer M. Beyond Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science: An evaluation of the backward and forward citation coverage of 59 databases' citation indices. Res Syn Meth 2024. Available from: URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38877607.

Haddaway, N. R., Grainger, M. J., Gray, C. T. (2021) citationchaser: An R package and Shiny app for forward and backward citations chasing in academic searching. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4543513

Haddaway, Neal R.; Grainger, Matthew J.; Gray, Charles T.; Haddaway, Correspondence R. Neal (2022): Citationchaser: A tool for transparent and efficient forward and backward citation chasing in systematic searching. In Res Synth Methods. DOI: 10.1002/JRSM.1563.

Hampson, G., Roberts, S.L.E., Lucas, A. et al. An economic analysis of human milk supplementation for very low birth weight babies in the USA. BMC Pediatr 19, 337 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1691-4  (reports using Hinde and Spackman)

Harzing A-W, Alakangas S. Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science: a longitudinal and cross-disciplinary comparison. Scientometrics. 2016;106(2):787-804.

Heath, A.; Levay, P.; Tuvey, D. Literature searching methods or guidance and their application to public health topics: A narrative review. Health Info Libr J. 2021. DOI: 10.1111/hir.12414.

Hinde S, Spackman E. Bidirectional citation searching to completion: an exploration of literature searching methods. Pharmacoeconomics. 2015;33(1):5-11.

Hinde, S., L. Bojke and P. A. Coventry (2021): The Cost Effectiveness of Ecotherapy as a Healthcare Intervention, Separating the Wood from the Trees. In International journal of environmental research and public health 18 (21), 11599-NA. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111599. (reports using methods of Hinde and Spackman)

Hirt J, Nordhausen T, Appenzeller-Herzog C and Ewald H. Using citation tracking for systematic literature searching - study protocol for a scoping review of methodological studies and a Delphi study [version 2]. F1000Research 2021;9:1386 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.27337.2)

Hirt J, Nordhausen T, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Ewald H. Citation tracking for systematic literature searching: A scoping review. Research Synthesis Methods 2023; 14(3):563–79.

Hirt J, Nordhausen T, Fuerst T, Ewald H, Appenzeller-Herzog C. Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching: the TARCiS statement BMJ 2024; 385 :e078384 doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078384 

Huang, C. K., et al. (2019, 01.09.2019). "Comparison of bibliographic data sources: implications for the robustness of university rankings." Retrieved 02.07.2020, from http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/09/01/750075.abstract.

Janssens A, Gwinn M, Brockman JE, Powell K, Goodman M. Novel citation-based search method for scientific literature: a validation study. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020;20(1):25.

Janssens ACJW, Gwinn M. Novel citation-based search method for scientific literature: application to meta-analyses. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2015;15:84.

Levay P, Ainsworth N, Kettle R, Morgan A. Identifying evidence for public health guidance: a comparison of citation searching with Web of Science and Google Scholar. Res Synth Methods. 2015.

Linder SK, Kamath GR, Pratt GF, Saraykar SS, Volk RJ. Citation searches are more sensitive than keyword searches to identify studies using specific measurement instruments. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015;68(4):412-7.

Morton, E.; Murray, G.; Yatham, L. N.; Lam, R. W. (2021): The Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder (QoL.BD) questionnaire a decade on – A systematic review of the measurement of condition-specific aspects of quality of life in bipolar-disorder. In Journal of Affective Disorders 278, pp. 33–45. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.017.

Mudry, A. (2021). "History of Mastoidectomy: PubMed, Best Matches, Secondary References, and Inaccuracies." Otol Neurotol 42(2): 341-344.

Portenoy J, West JD. Supervised Learning for Automated Literature.

Robinson KA, Dunn AG, Tsafnat G, Glasziou P. Citation networks of related trials are often disconnected: implications for bidirectional citation searches. J Clin Epidemiol. 2014;67(7):793-9.

Rogers, M., et al. (2020). "Resources for forwards citation searching for implementation studies in dementia care: A case study comparing Web of Science and Scopus." Res Synth Methods 11(3): 379-386.

Rogers M, Sutton A, Campbell F, Whear R, Bethel A, Coon JT. Streamlining search methods to update evidence and gap maps: A case study using intergenerational interventions. Campbell Systematic Reviews 2024 [cited 2024 Jan 15]; 20(1):e1380.

Sarol, M. J.; Liu, L.; Schneider, J. Testing a Citation and Text-Based Framework for Retrieving Publications for Literature Reviews. In, vol. 2080. 7th International Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval (BIR 2018), pp. 22–33. (https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/testing-a-citation-and-text-based-framework-for-retrieving-public)

Sauvayre, Romy. Types of Errors Hiding in Google Scholar Data. J Med Internet Res 2022;24 (5): e28354. DOI: 10.2196/28354.

Singh VK, Singh P, Karmakar M, Leta J, Mayr P.  The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis. Scientometrics 2021; 126: 5113-5142

Smalheiser, Neil R.; Schneider, Jodi; Torvik, Vetle I.; Fragnito, Dean P.; Tirk, Eric E. The Citation Cloud of a biomedical article: a free, public, web-based tool enabling citation analysis. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2022;110 (1):103–108. DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2022.1117.

Soley-Bori, Marina; Ashworth, Mark; Bisquera, Alessandra; Dodhia, Hiten; Lynch, Rebecca; Wang, Yanzhong; Fox-Rushby, Julia. Impact of multimorbidity on healthcare costs and utilisation: a systematic review of the UK literature. British Journal of General Practice 2021;71 (702):e39-e46. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp20X713897.

Stevens, J. R. and J. F. Duque (2019). "Order matters: Alphabetizing in-text citations biases citation rates." Psychonomic bulletin & review 26(3): 1020-1026.

Thijs, B., M. Niek, K. Bauke, T. Bea and H. Giel (2022): Can social support be improved in people with a severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis. In Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) NA (NA), 1-NA. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02694-4. (reports using Co-cites)

Urlings, M. J. E.; Duyx, B.; Swaen, G. M. H.; Bouter, L. M.; Zeegers, M. P. (2021): Citation bias and other determinants of citation in biomedical research: findings from six citation networks. In J Clin Epidemiol 132, pp. 71–78. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.11.019.

van der Velden, L. L., M. A. C. de Koff, G. M. Ribbers and R. W. Selles (2022): The diagnostic levels of evidence of instrumented devices for measuring viscoelastic joint properties and spasticity; a systematic review. In Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation 19 (1), 16-NA. DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-00996-7. (reports using C-Cites)

Weightman, A L; Searchfield, L; Lambert, P; Thomas, J. Searching for research studies in children's social care: some techniques and tools. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Cardiff; 2021. https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/searching-for-research-studies-in-childrens-social-care-some-techniques-and-tools/

Wright K, Golder S, Rodriguez-Lopez R. Citation searching: a systematic review case study of multiple risk behaviour interventions. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2014;14(1):73.

Yaghtin M, Sotudeh H, Nikseresht A, Mirzabeigi M. Modeling the co-citation dependence on semantic layers of co-cited documents. Online Information Review 2022; 46(1):59–78.