A Comparative Citation Analysis of Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar
Authors:
Michael Levine-Clark a;
Esther L. Gil a
| Affiliation: | a University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA |
DOI:
10.1080/08963560802176348
Publication Frequency:
4 issues per year
Published in:
Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship,
Volume
14,
Issue
1
January
2009
, pages 32
- 46
Subjects:
Academic Librarianship;
Librarianship;
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Abstract
This article presents the results of a comparative study of Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and Google Scholar (GS) for a set of 15 business and economics journals. Citations from the three sources were analyzed to determine whether one source is better than another, or whether a new database such as Scopus, or a free database such as GS could replace WoS. The authors concluded that scholars might want to use alternative tools collectively to get a more complete picture of the scholarly impact of an article.
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| Keywords: Google Scholar; citation analysis; Web of Science; Scopus; collection development; business; economics; impact factor |
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