6. A computer system for searching databases and displaying search results, comprising: a network-based connection to one or more databases storing information regarding publications, said information comprising author, title, date of publication, cited references, and citing references data; a server in communication with and operable to transmit data to a Web browser resident on a user's computer, and a processor including programming to implement a search; said programming including XQuery statements that return citation values associated with said reference with at least one XQuery statement written as an estimated XPath step; said server is programmed to provide a citation overview page comprising details regarding reference citations resulting from a search request; said citation overview page transmitted to said user's browser, comprising: (a) a list of one or more names of authors, and (b) for each of said names, one or more numerals, each of said one or more numerals representing how many publications of one of a plurality of specified publication years cite to publications on which that name is listed as an author or co-author.
9. A computer system as in claim 6 , wherein said citation overview page comprises an exclude author self citations button operable to send a request to said at least one of said one or more Internet servers for said browser to display a citation overview page with excluded author self citations for a selected name of an author.