Citations

Citations

Note that these search fields include backward citations only. Forward citations are available through our Citation Service. To access citations through an on-site instance, see Leveraging On-Site Citation and Family Functionality.

Field

Description

Field Type

XML Source Path

Examples

patent-document/bibliographic-data/technical-data

pcit

patent citations (full information)

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/*

 

x

x

 

 

xxpcitpn

identifier of the publication being cited, based on country, doc-number, and kind

alexandria_token

/citations/patent-citations/patcit/@ucid

US-96142365-A

US-96142365*

x

x

 

 

xxpcitpnctry

country code of the publication being cited

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/document-id/country

US

x

x

 

 

xxpcitpnnum

document number of the publication being cited

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/document-id/doc-number

5000000

x

x

 

 

xxpcitpnkind

kind code of the publication being cited

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/document-id/kind

A

x

x

 

 

xxpcitsrc

patent citation source

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/sources

pcitsrc:<src> where <src> is one of the options listed in Citation Sources, e.g.:

pcitsrc:APP

x

x

 

 

 xxpcitrel

patent citation relevance

alexandria_string

./citations/patent-citations/patcit/rel-passage/category

pcitrel:<rel> where <rel> is one of the options listed in Citation Source Categories, e.g.:

pcitrel:A

x

x

 

 

ncit

non-patent citations (full information)

alexandria_text

./citations/non-patent-citations/nplcit/*

 

x

x

 

 

Further Reading

For more information about the content of the fields listed, see the XML Content Description for technical-data citations.