The Library can conduct a validation for PolyU faculty members who, in their capacity as PolyU Staff, need to have the citation numbers of their publications verified for various purposes, like supporting applications for fellowships, grants or awards etc. Librarians will use Web of Science or Scopus to search for number of times cited and compile a standard citation report, which contains:
- A full or selected list of author’s publications in Web of Science and/or Scopus
- A count of the number of times author’s work is cited (if any) in Web of Science and/or Scopus
- A count of the number of times author’s work is cited (if any) without self-citations in Web of Science and/or Scopus
- A signed certificate that endorses the citation search results
It will take 8 working days to complete a standard citation report. This means that the following conditions are met at the point of submitting your request:
- a comprehensive and up-to-date list of author publications is provided, and
- the number of publications by the author does not exceed 50.
PolyU faculty members that require this service should submit a request form (MS Word format) and send it to the corresponding Faculty Librarian. Upon receiving your request, your Faculty Librarian will contact you to confirm the details of your request and further discuss the timeline to complete the report.
Should you require any additional requirements on top of the standard citation report, please contact your Faculty Librarian to further discuss the requirements and timeline to complete the report.
For enquiries regarding the citation search service, feel free to contact your Faculty Librarian.