Paper Info
Title
Microsoft academic search and Google scholar citations: Comparative analysis of author profiles
Abstract
AbstractThis article offers a comparative analysis of the personal profiling capabilities of the two most important free citation-based academic search engines, namely, Microsoft Academic Search MAS and Google Scholar Citations GSC. Author profiles can be useful for evaluation purposes once the advantages and the shortcomings of these services are described and taken into consideration. In total, 771 personal profiles appearing in both the MAS and the GSC databases were analyzed. Results show that the GSC profiles include more documents and citations than those in MAS but with a strong bias toward the information and computing sciences, whereas the MAS profiles are disciplinarily better balanced. MAS shows technical problems such as a higher number of duplicated profiles and a lower updating rate than GSC. It is concluded that both services could be used for evaluation proposes only if they are applied along with other citation indices as a way to supplement that information.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1002/asi.23036
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
search engines,bibliometrics,webometrics
Data mining,World Wide Web,Search engine,Information retrieval,Profiling (computer programming),Computer science,Citation,If and only if,Bibliometrics,Webometrics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
65
6
2330-1635
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.76
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
ortega priego122114.20
Isidro F. Aguillo238827.81