Citation Mining is a tool to follow the scholarly conversation on a given topic. Researchers will often follow prior conversations (reading the citations of the article) or follow future conversations (reading articles citing the original article. This backward and forward approach allows the Researcher to find interesting commentary, insights, and analysis not found in the original article. Many Databases, such as Web of Science and Google Scholar offer the ability to Citation Mine in their search results.
Citations - Refer to 'future conversations' or articles that Cite the current article we are viewing.
Cited References - Refer to 'prior conversations' or articles the current article cited.
In Google Scholar, use the "Cited By" to view future conversations on your article.
