Citation impact indicators nowadays play an important role in research evaluation, and
consequently these indicators have received a lot of attention in the bibliometric and …

Abstract As Google Scholar (GS) gains more ground as free scholarly literature retrieval
source it's becoming important to understand its quality and reliability in terms of scope and …

Scopus is among the largest curated abstract and citation databases, with a wide global and
regional coverage of scientific journals, conference proceedings, and books, while ensuring …

This study explores the extent to which bibliometric indicators based on counts of highly-
cited documents could be affected by the choice of data source. The initial hypothesis is that …

Quality assessments permeate the entire scientific enterprise, from funding applications to
promotions, prizes and tenure. Their remit can encompass the scientific output of individual …

Despite the growing body of literature on sales and operation planning (S&OP), efforts to
synthesise the overall state of the art of research in this area are limited. Within this context …

The main objective of this paper is to empirically test whether the identification of highly-cited
documents through Google Scholar is feasible and reliable. To this end, we carried out a …

Abstract The launch of Google Scholar () marked the beginning of a revolution in the
scientific information market. This search engine, unlike traditional databases, automatically …

How does one measure the qual-ity of science? The question is not rhetorical; it is extremely
relevant to promotion committees, funding agencies, national academies and politicians, all …

Abstract Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar (GS) are prominent citation services
with distinct indexing mechanisms. Comprehensive knowledge about the growth patterns of …