Web of Science Researcher Publication Citation Counts

Citation counts shown on your researcher profile are from the journals, books, and conference proceedings indexed in Web of Science Core Collection. The 21,000+ journals indexed are hand-selected and evaluated by expert editors. These citation counts are displayed per-publication and used for derivative metrics such as h-index and Sum of Times Cited. We do this because we know that every citation we count is from content that has been vetted by expert editors as meeting the quality standards required to be indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection.

This means the citation counts on your profile may be lower than e.g., Google Scholar but that the source of those citations are known and vetted. This does not mean that uncounted citations are all illegitimate, but it does mean you can be sure that no illegitimate citations are ever counted.

You will see these citations in the following places:

• Alongside your publications on your public profile

• In Web of Science document search (available to entitled users only)

• On full record pages (e.g. https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:A1972N831000009)

• Alongside the publications you’ve reviewed in your review history

• Alongside your publications in your publication history

• Alongside the publications you’ve handled as editor in your editor record history

Papers that cannot be found in the Web of Science Core Collection will display “Not indexed” instead of a citation count.

A citation count of '0' indicates that we have found that paper in Web of Science but that there are no citations recorded for it there.

All citations are sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection only. If we display “Not indexed” alongside your publication that indicates that we are unable to find a record of this paper in the Web of Science Core Collection.

A citation count of “0” indicates that we have found that paper in Web of Science but that there are no citations recorded for it there. If your publication is not indexed in the Web of Science, we are unable to retrieve citations for your publication.

If you believe your publication should be indexed (journal is indexed) but is not yet indexed in the Web of Science, you may request data corrections by the Web of Science using this the data change request form.

Note: The Web of Science Core Collection only indexes "Early Access" articles for several journals. Early Access articles are 'version of record' publications made available to access, read, and cite before they are assigned a final volume, issue, or final publication date. Articles will usually be indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection once it is published in a standard issue of the journal.