RISIS Research Seminar on Alternative data sources for bibliometric analyses: pros and cons, benefits and caveats
Presenter: Martijn Visser, CWTS, University of Leiden. Discussant: Alberto Martín-Martín, Universidad de Granada. Abstract The study illustrates a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. Coverage differences between those data sources are determined at the level of individual scientific documents. The analysis relates to all documents processed by these data sources from the period 2008-2017. The presentation will focus on differences in coverage…Read more