Citation Count refers to the total number of citations received by an entity, which can be an institution, research group, or individual researcher.
Citation behaviour varies between disciplines. As a non-field normalised metric, Citation Count metrics can be helpful when comparing the visibility of entities of similar size, and that fall into similar disciplines, such as multidisciplinary institutions with a similar number of research staff, or international collaboration networks in similar disciplines. This metric should be used with caution when measuring the visibility or collaboration of entities of different sizes and disciplinary profiles.
Citation Count will vary for the same research entity in different database sources. Comparisons should, therefore, only be made from a single source. See appropriate use of publication and citation metrics.
