I've found an article, and I'd like to know how other people have cited it.
Once you have found a publication, look at its scite report. A scite report contains a set of citation statements that comprise of what is being said about a publication and references, which are what a publication is saying about other papers. Each citation statement is an excerpt from the citing paper, providing the context for how, where, and why the publication is being cited. These statements can be used to chain citations in the same way you would in Web of Science or Scopus (forwards, backwards, and finding related co-citations), but with the added benefit of scite's analysis determining whether the citation is supporting, contrasting, or mentioning.
I have an idea, but I'm not sure where to start reading.
scite Assistant is an AI chat tool that you can ask simple questions and get answers backed by scite's database of citation snippets and article information. While it is still an AI chat tool, with all of the pros and cons associated with these products, the connection to scite's citation snippets reduces the possibility of hallucinations and provides direct links to relevant articles. The assistant also provides a list of the searches it ran while trying to answer your question, which can give you additional ideas for your search strategy.
Below is an example of the type of answer scite Assistant can provide, in this case asking for an overview of ego depletion.
I've written some articles, and I want to see how many supporting and contrasting citations I have.
Set up your scite Profile! Click the "Sign Up" button in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
You can sign up in multiple ways, either by entering your personal information directly (using your @purdue.edu e-mail address) or logging in with your ORCID, Google, or Facebook accounts. We recommend using ORCID, since your ORCID account should already have all of your publications associated with it. For more information about ORCID, see this guide.
Once your account is created, find the option for "Claim Papers," search for your papers, and add them to your profile. Once this is done, you will see information on your profile showing you have been cited and how you cite others.
I want to use scite in my teaching.
An example in an undergraduate psychology class:
"In psychology studies – particularly those implemented in undergraduate methods’ courses – a measure is often a questionnaire or other structured set of questions that can be completed by participants and scored quantitatively. The questions used to measure a given construct – for example, depression, anxiety or extraversion – are usually (ideally) well–established and the product of a rigorous validation process. As such, it’s important that students locate the most appropriate measures for their study, and finding such measures is an important skill.
Historically, locating a measure usually involved wading through search results and associated papers, trying to figure out what is most used and well-validated. This was a time-consuming process that was often well outside the scope of an undergraduate methods course.
With scite Assistant, it's much easier. For example, the query "What are the most commonly-used measures of depression?" immediately yields a number of options, two of which I usually point students to if depression is one of their variables of interest: the CES-D and the BDI.
scite Assistant is also helpful identifying critiques of well-established measures. In response to the query, "Is the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale valid?", it provides important context and points to criticisms of the measure."
I want to check the references I've cited in a manuscript draft.
“I hope that the manuscript did not accidentally reference something retracted… or heavily contrasted by others.” - Everyone involved in scientific publishing
Reference Check is a tool that takes a PDF and generates a report that allows you to:
Here are the steps to run a Reference Check: