Google Scholar: Highly Comprehensive Coverage... Inside a Hermetic Black Box

High level overview of Google Scholar as a source of bibliographic data, including comparisons with other sources (Web of Science, Scopus, Microsoft Academic, Dimensions, COCI) and a discussion of its main strengths and weaknesses

Related Organizations

University of Granada
Spain

Keywords

Microsoft Academic, CrossRef, citation indexes, Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, COCI, Google Scholar, academic search engines

Impact byBIP!

	selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	0
	popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.	Average
	influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	Average
	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Average