Citation searching (also known as cited reference searching) allows you to search through literature, starting from your known reference, to locate new articles which cite your known reference in their bibliographies (the list of references usually found at the end of chapters or journal articles). Citation searching also allows you to see how many times a particular author or article has been cited by others.

Go to ISI Citation Indexes (Web of Science).

• Search for the article by selecting Advanced Search, then Fielded Search and entering the article title and/or citation information. You can use the Times Cited option from the article record to find citing articles.
• For the most comprehensive option, choose Advanced Search, then the Cited References tab. This will allow you to select citation variants.

Scopus allows you to perform a cited reference search from the main search box.

• Enter your keywords of interest and set the drop-down menu to References.

Google Scholar provides a cited reference search using the Cited By link under any reference.