1. A computer implemented method for facilitating a search and identification of documents and associated metadata reflecting content of the documents stored in a memory device, the method comprising: receiving a query comprising a set of search terms; identifying a stored document in response to the query; determining a score value for the retrieved document based on a similarity between one or more of the query search terms and metadata associated with the identified document; locating the identified document in a citation network of baseline query results, the citation network comprising a first set of documents that cite to the identified document and a second set of documents cited to by the identified document; determining a new score value of the identified document as a function of the score value and a quantity and a quality of documents within the first and second set of documents; and ranking the identified document based on the new score value; and outputting on a display device, a report reflecting the ranking of the identified document.