Research Article: “Accuracy of Citation Data in Web of Science and Scopus”(Preprint)
The following article (preprint) was shared on arXiv earlier today.
Title
Accuracy of Citation Data in Web of Science and Scopus
Authors
Nees Jan van Eck
Leiden University
Ludo Waltman
Leiden University
Source
via arXiv
Abstract
We present a large-scale analysis of the accuracy of citation data in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The analysis is based on citations given in publications in Elsevier journals. We reveal significant data quality problems for both databases. Missing and incorrect references are important problems in Web of Science. Duplicate publications are a serious problem in Scopus.
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6 pages; PDF.
Filed under: Data Files, Elsevier, News
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