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Citation Searching Comparing Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scopus Valerie Forrestal, Stevens Institute of Technology 11-12-08

Citation Databases Meho&Yang http://www.info.scopus.com/detail/what/ http://isiwebofknowledge.com/currentuser_wokhome/cu_productspecs/ Source Unknown 1996-present (with cited references) 1823-present (without cited references) A&HCI: 1975-present SCI: 1900-present SSCI: 1956- present Coverage years 500M records Unknown 30+ document types 36M records 16,000 titles Journals (1200 open access), Conference Proceedings, Trade Publications & book series 40M records 10,000 titles Journals (240 open access) & conference papers Breadth of coverage Google Scholar Scopus Web of Science

Source : Hull, D., Pettifer, S.R., & Kell, D.B. (2008). Defrosting the Digital Library: Bibliographic Tools for the Next Generation Web. PLoS Computational Biology 4(10): e1000204 doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000204

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source : Bosman, J., I.v. Mourik, M. Rasch, E. Sieverts & H. Verhoeff (2006). Scopus reviewed and compared; the coverage and functionality of the citation database Scopus, including comparisons with Web of Science and Google Scholar. ( http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/DARLIN/2006-1220-200432/Scopus%20doorgelicht%20&%20vergeleken%20-%20translated.pdf ) – includes updated info. -vf.

Scopus and WoS: Citation Count ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Scopus (2,301) Web of Science (2,023) 58% (1,591) 26% (710) 16% (432) Scopus  WoS (2,733) Source : Meho & Yang

GS vs. Scopus  WoS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Google Scholar (4,181) Scopus  WoS (2,733) 31% (1,629) 48% (2,552) 21% (1,104) GS  Scopus  WoS (5,285) Source : Meho & Yang

Meho & Yang’s Findings ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Common Citation Searching Problems ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Database Strengths ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Database Weaknesses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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