Citation databases are specialized indexes that provide information about how scholars cite one another in publications. Used to track
•History of an idea
–Discover how a known idea or innovation has been confirmed, applied, improved, extended, or corrected
•Impact of an individual
–Use citation analysis to find influential authors who are publishing high-impact research in your field, discover important author and/or institutional research collaborations
•Impact of a journal
–Determine where the most impactful research is being published