We have all gone to the bottom of an article to view papers that the authors have cited. Did you know that you can also search for the articles that cite that paper in their work? By using Google Scholar, Web of Science or Scopus you can find out how others used that article in their own work. These articles will be more recent. This is also a great way of finding out how well known that article is, the more citations it has the more likely it is a 'standard' in the field (be careful as it can also mean that the article is controversial in the field).
Google scholar is a great place for forward citation searches as it is not as limited in scope as WoS or Scopus. To find out who has cited a work start by searching for the title of a specific article.
Look for the "Cited by" underneath the article, the number next to it is the amount of articles citing the work (this number is typically inflated as some of them are most likely duplicates).

Clicking on "Cited by" will bring up the articles that cited that work. You are also able to search within those citations to find articles that mention specific keywords. Just click on the small "search within results" box and then put your keywords into the Google Scholar search box.
There are two ways of approaching forward citation searches in Web of Science. Within Web of Science:
- Within search results, next to the title you will see a number over the word 'citation' (this number is typically limited since WoS only shows articles within WoS) Clicking on the number will bring you to the articles that cite that title.

- Use the Cited Reference search which is just above the main search box. This feature is best used when looking for a specific author and is useful to find multiple works by that author.
Within your search results, the last column Cited By, clicking on the number that is in this column will take you to the articles that cite the original work. Similar to Web of Science, these numbers are likely smaller than the actual amount.

You can view the cited by for multiple articles by putting a checkmark next the articles you are interested in and then scrolling to the top and selecting "View Cited By"