Suitability of Google Scholar as a source of scientific information and as a source of data for scientific evaluation—Review of the literature

G Halevi, H Moed, J Bar-Ilan - Journal of informetrics, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Academic publishing: Issues and challenges in the construction of knowledge

K Hyland - 2016 - books.google.com
Ken Hyland provides an authoritative discussion of key aspects of writing for academic
publication. What are the issues surrounding particular academic genres? What are the …

Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories

A Martín-Martín, E Orduna-Malea, M Thelwall… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite citation counts from Google Scholar (GS), Web of Science (WoS), and Scopus being
widely consulted by researchers and sometimes used in research evaluations, there is no …

Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science: a longitudinal and cross-disciplinary comparison

AW Harzing, S Alakangas - Scientometrics, 2016 - Springer
This article aims to provide a systematic and comprehensive comparison of the coverage of
the three major bibliometric databases: Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science …

When are readership counts as useful as citation counts? S copus versus M endeley for LIS journals

N Maflahi, M Thelwall - Journal of the Association for …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In theory, articles can attract readers on the social reference sharing site M endeley before
they can attract citations, so M endeley altmetrics could provide early indications of article …

Web indicators for research evaluation. Part 1: Citations and links to academic articles from the Web

M Thelwall, K Kousha - Profesional de …, 2015 - revista.profesionaldelainformacion …
El gran uso de la web por parte de muchos sectores de la sociedad ha creado el potencial
para nuevos indicadores de impacto más amplios. Este artículo revisa la investigación …

A summary on tuberculosis vaccine development—where to go?

F Jiang, T Sun, P Cheng, J Wang, W Gong - Journal of Personalized …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an old infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis infection. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent and control TB …

Representation of women in academic orthopaedic leadership: where are we now?

AS Bi, ND Fisher, N Bletnitsky, N Rao… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Representation of Women in Academic Orthopaedic Leadership:... : Clinical Orthopaedics and
Related Research® Representation of Women in Academic Orthopaedic Leadership: Where …

M endeley readership counts: An investigation of temporal and disciplinary differences

M Thelwall, P Sud - Journal of the Association for Information …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Scientists and managers using citation‐based indicators to help evaluate research cannot
evaluate recent articles because of the time needed for citations to accrue. Reading occurs …

National research impact indicators from Mendeley readers

R Fairclough, M Thelwall - Journal of informetrics, 2015 - Elsevier
National research impact indicators derived from citation counts are used by governments to
help assess their national research performance and to identify the effect of funding or policy …