Cited Author
Use the following guidelines when performing a Cited Author search.
Enter the name of the first author of a multi-authored article, book, data study or patent. Cited references from older articles or articles that do not have matching source records may only include the name of the first author.
You may enter the name of a secondary author. The name of a secondary author is preceded by ellipses (...) in the index.
Enter a last name with a space and at least one initial. Always use a wildcard (* $ ?) after the intial(s) to find all variants of an author's name. For example, Lee FN*
You may enter multiple names separated by a Boolean operator (AND, OR, NOT).
Cited authors include corporate authors and inventors.
If the citation refers to a record that is also a source item published during the timespan covered by your institution's subscription, you can enter the name of any of its authors.
For example, if you are looking for cited references to a work called "Preventing the use of biological weapons: Improving response should prevention fail," published in Clinical Infectious Diseases 30 (6): 926-929 June 2000, then you can enter the name of any of the three authors of the article: Inglesby TV, O'Toole T, or Henderson DA. Ellipses (...) will appear before the name of a secondary author in the Cited Reference Index.
However, it is advisable to enter the name of the first listed author in the Cited Author field. That way, you will be sure to retrieve all variations of the same cited reference.
Guidelines for Entering Names
Format
Enter up to three initials after the last name. It is advisable to truncate after the first initial. For example:
Enter Evans PJ to retrieve references with Evans PJ as a cited author. This search will find references where the full first name of the cited author may be abbreviated as PJ, including
Evans Patrick J.
Evans Paul J.
Enter Evans P* to retrieve references with a cited author whose surname is Evans and whose first initial is P or whose first name begins with P, including:
Evans P
Evans PA
Evans PG
Evans PJ
Evans PP
Evans Patrick J.
Evans Paul J.
Case
Use upper, lower, or mixed case. For example, CRICK, Crick, or crick finds the same results.
Wildcards
Use the asterisk (*) wildcard to represent any number of characters. For example, Aglitsk* matches Aglitskaya, Aglitski, Aglitskii, Aglitskiy.
Use the question mark (?) to represent one character. For example, Bens?n C* matches Bensen C, Benson C, Bensen CA, Benson CS, and so on.
Boolean Search Operators
Separate two or more names by the OR Boolean operator.
If the cited author has a common last name, try combining variations with OR instead of truncating after the first initial. This way, you will retrieve fewer irrelevant references. For example:
Enter Calvin W* OR Brown M* to look up cited references with either of these authors as the cited author.
Enter Brown M* OR Brown ME* to look up cited references with Brown M or Brown ME as the cited author.
Enter Brown M* to look up cited references that match Brown M, Brown MA, Brown MB, Brown ME, and so on.
Quotation Marks
Use quotation marks (") around the words AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, and SAME in any field when you do not intend these words to serve as search operators.
Enter "OR" W* to search for cited works authored by William Or.
Enter Koechli "OR" to search for works authored by O. R. Koechli.
Enter Food "and" Drug Administration or "Food and Drug Adminstration" to search for cited works authored by this agency.
Hyphens and Apostrophes
If the surname contains a hyphen, or apostrophe, enter the name both with and without the punctuation mark. Likewise, enter a surname with embedded spaces with and without the spaces.
Join the two versions of the name with OR.
Obrien R* OR O'Brien R*
Lopez-Gonzalez J* OR Lopezgonzalez J*
Deville A* OR De Ville A*
Length
If the surname is longer than fifteen characters, enter the first fifteen characters followed by an asterisk (*) wildcard to represent the remaining characters. For example, Klapdor-Kleingrothaus* OR KlapdorKleingro* matches
KlapdorKleingrothaus HV
Klapdor-Kleingrothaus HV
Klapdorkleingro.H
Klapdorkleingro.HK
Klapdorkleingro.HV
About Cited Author Names
For cited references, both the primary and secondary author are listed.
Cited Author Search Tips
To search for anonymous authors, enter anonymous in the Cited Author field.
To search on the name AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, and SAME, enclose the name in quotation marks. Example: "Or"
Did You Know ...
The Cited Reference Index may display a shortened version of the name you entered. Regardless, enter the full last name of the author. The search engine automatically adjusts for data variations.
Cited Work
Search for cited works such as cited journals, cited conferences, cited books, and cited book chapters.
Enter an abbreviated journal title or look up abbreviations for cited works in the Journal Title Abbreviations list.
Be aware that there may be more than one abbreviation for a journal. Use truncation to match variations of several abbreviations for the same title. Join multiple journal titles with the search operator OR.
Note: When searching for cited conferences, include the title, location, date, and sponsor.
Enter Mark* Sci* to find titles of cited works published in Marketing Science.
Enter Geol* to find titles of cited works published in Geology, Geology Journal (abbreviated as Geol J) and other publications beginning with Geol.
Enter J Mech* Mat* Struct* to find titles of cited works published in J Mech Mat Struct, J Mech Mats Structs, J Mech Mater Struct, and so forth.
Important Note: We recommend that you use an asterisk (*) wildcard in your search query; otherwise, the product may return an incomplete list of results or no results.
Searching for Book Titles as Cited Works
Enter the first significant word or words from the title of the book. It is advisable to truncate because of variant spellings. Always truncate the last word in your search query using an asterisk (*) wildcard; otherwise, your search may return an incomplete list of results or no results. Keep in mind that titles of cited works may be in languages other than English.
Examples
Enter Medieval Boundaries* to find works and authors who cited Medieval Boundaries: Rethinking Difference in Old French Literature.
Enter Courtly Love Undressed* to find works and authors who cited Courtly Love Undressed: Reading Through Clothes in Medieval French Culture.
Important Note: We recommend that you use an asterisk (*) wildcard in your search query; otherwise, the product may return an incomplete list of results or no results.
Cited Year
Enter a four-digit year or a limited range of years. For optimal performance, limit the range to two or three years.
Search for a cited year only in combination with a search for a cited author and/or cited work.
Also, even if you know the cited year, try searching for references without specifying the cited year. Often, variations of the same cited reference—particularly references to books—will show different years.
Cited Volume, Cited Issue and Cited Page Fields
Search for cited works by entering search terms in the following fields.
Cited Volume
Cited Issue
Cited Page
Cited page may include numbers (for example, C231 or 2832) or Roman numerals (for example, XVII). Always use the starting page of a publication. Do not use page ranges.
As a rule, you should avoid specifying the the cited volume, issue and pages in step 1 of a cited reference search. You want to be certain to retrieve all variations of the same reference. Generally, the name of the cited author and the abbreviated cited work are sufficient to perform step 1 successfully.
Cited Title
You may enter a full title, a partial title, or one or more individual terms from the title. Combine individual terms with search operators (AND, OR, NOT, NEAR). Use wildcards (* $ ?) to find variant spellings or both singular and plural forms of words.
For example, each of the following searches finds the reference to Troshkova, G.P. et al. 2001. Improvement of the Technique for Producing media for cell culturing on the basis of enzymatic hydrolysates of soy and rice flour. Biotechnology in Russia. 2006. Iss. 4. Pages 74-78.
Cited Title: Improvement of the Technique for Producing media for cell culturing on the basis of enzymatic hydrolysates of soy and rice flour
Cited Author: Troshkova G*
Cited Work: Biotechnology in Russia
Cited Title: enzymatic hydrolysates
Cited Author: Troshkova G*
Cited Work: Biotechnology in Russia