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Bibliometrics and Altmetrics: Measuring the Impact of Knowledge

This guide includes information on which of the databases contain citation measures that can be used to gage either an author, article or journal impact.

JSTOR Citation Feature

Discover the JSTOR citation feature following the steps:

  1. Go to JSTOR database through Database Finder.
  2. From the top menu, under the Search tab, select Citation Locator.
  3. Enter the article title and author's name.
  4. In the results page, click on the article title link.
  5. On the right side, you will see how many times this article has been cited as shown below: