Social Science Research Network enters the citation count business

On TaxProf Blog Paul Carron reports here that SSRN has entered the fray on scholarly citations:

SSRN has now entered the citation count field with its new “References & Cites” feature.  To check it out, go to SSRN and click on “Search,” and then “Beta Lab.”  In the left column, you will see the “References & Cites” with statistics on:

• Papers with Resolved References: Total number of papers in the SSRN eLibrary with resolved references.
• Papers with Cites: Total number of papers in the SSRN eLibrary with one or more resolved cites from other papers (described above).
• Note: The links for the two pages containing a paper’s References and Cited By links (when available) are on each paper’s SSRN abstract page.
• Total References: Total number of references to other papers that have been resolved to date, for papers in in the SSRN eLibrary.
• Total Cited by: Total number of cites to papers in the SSRN eLibrary whose links have been resolved to date.