Q. How do I look up the number of citations that an author or researcher (faculty, staff, student) have for a given time period, using InCites from Web of Science?

InCites is a customized, citation-based research analytics tool on the Web that enables you to evaluate institutional productivity and benchmark your output.

To get to the InCites database, you can start from our library homepage, click on the Databases link under the main search bar, then search for: InCites. You should see a link to the database: InCites Essential Science Indicators. Note: Requires registration using your VT email address. Recommend using a different password than for your VT PID login. (You may be prompted to login with your VT PID and 2-factor password while accessing the InCites Essential Science Indicators link off campus).

Click on the InCites tabs at the very top of the InCites Essential Science Indicators database to navigate to the InCites database. 

To look for the Researcher Report (i.e., for: Research Output, Collaboration, Most Cited Documents) in the InCites database for an author, choose one of the following tabs:

1) "Analyze" -> "Analyze by" -> "Researchers"; or

2) "Report" -> "Researcher Report".

In the Researcher(s) search filter or field (i.e., to search for authors), type the researcher's name or ID. You may specify Person ID type group from the pull down menu.

Such as:

WoS Research Profile, Unique ID, Name, Web of Science ResearcherID, or ORCID.

For Researcher(s) name (i.e., authors), enter the last name first, followed by a comma, a space, and the author's initials or first name.

Examples:

silman, i*

sussman, joel*

carlier, paul*

For example:  

Researcher(s): WoS Research Profile (e.g., Carlier, Paul R.: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)

You can change the time period/publication date range within a specific time period.

For option 1) "Analyze" -> "Analyze by" -> "Researchers": under "Filters" on the left hand panel. 

Go to "Publication Date", and select the options using the pull down menu.

Available options include:

• Last 5 complete years (XXXX-YYYY)
• All years (XXXX-YYYY)
• Year to date (YYYY)
• Custom year range (provide the START and END years)

Then click on the person's name for the Researcher Report.

For option 2) "Report" -> "Researcher Report. First search the researcher's name.  You can change the "Date range" using the pull down menus.

For example: 

Date range: 2009 - 2023

If you have selected a researcher's profile link, the Researcher Report will automatically update to the new date range.

For further information about InCites, please visit the InCites Help Center, or Using InCite page.

Please also visit our Cited Reference Searching Research Guide for a list of other databases that you can try.