Paper Info
Title
Large-Scale Comparison Of Bibliographic Data Sources: Scopus, Web Of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, And Microsoft Academic
Abstract
We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. The comparison considers scientific documents from the period 2008-2017 covered by these data sources. Scopus is compared in a pairwise manner with each of the other data sources. We first analyze differences between the data sources in the coverage of documents, focusing for instance on differences over time, differences per document type, and differences per discipline. We then study differences in the completeness and accuracy of citation links. Based on our analysis, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the different data sources. We emphasize the importance of combining a comprehensive coverage of the scientific literature with a flexible set of filters for making selections of the literature.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1162/qes_a_00112
QUANTITATIVE SCIENCE STUDIES
Keywords
DocType
Volume
bibliographic data source, Crossref, Dimensions, Microsoft Academic, Scopus, Web of Science
Journal
2
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martijn S. Visser184150.57
van Eck Nees Jan200.34
Ludo Waltman32236105.47