Investor-State Law Guide

Publications Citator: Following a publication

You can simply and effectively stay up to date with newly published, relevant analysis related to a publication of interest, by following the publication within the Publications Citator tool. Following a publication will allow you to receive in-app notifications and opt-in to email notifications for when investment treaty decisions and awards have referred to a publication. 

There are two types of publication references: general references (a reference to the publication as a whole or “generally”) and specific references (a reference to a specific passage or paragraph of the publication).

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Following a publication

From within the Publications Citator Tool you can follow a publication to get notified when newly published analysis of an Investment treaty decision or award contains a reference to the publication. 

When following a publication in this way, you will receive notifications for general references to the publication AND specific references to the publication. 

To follow a publication:

  • From the Publications Citator page, scroll to the publication you would like to follow
  • Open the Actions menu at the top right of the publication card

Actions Menu

  • Click Follow Topic

Actions menu dropdown

The publication has now been added to your followed topics.

Following a publication specific reference

From within the Publications Citator tool you can follow a specific passage or paragraph of a publication to get notified when newly published analysis of an investment treaty decision or award contains a reference to the same portion of the text.

To follow a publication specific reference:

  • From the Publications Citator page, scroll to the publication you would like to follow
  • Select See All under the Specific References label to expand the accordion of all specific reference
  • Select the paragraph/page/section label for the portion of interest to expand a list of all references to that passage
  • Open the Actions menu within the references toolbar

Paragraph actions

  • Click Follow Topic

Actions menu dropdown

  • The selected passage of the publication has now been added to your followed topics.

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Receiving and Managing Notifications

Use this guide to understand how to best stay up to date with subjects, cases and analyses relevant to your research.

How to view your followed topics