The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis

Singh, Vivek Kumar; Singh, Prashasti; Karmakar, Mousumi; Leta, Jacqueline; Mayr, Philipp

doi:10.1007/s11192-021-03948-5

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“…A similar search was carried out in Dimensions for papers posted in Research Square between 2018 and 2020. Launched in 2004 by Elsevier, Scopus (https://www.scopus.com) is a scholarly database indexing scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings that by late 2019 included 23,452 active journal titles, about 120,000 conferences and 206,000 books from more than 5,000 publishers, adding some 3 million records every year [17]. Launched in 2018, Dimensions (https://www.dimensions.ai) is the most comprehensive bibliographics database, with 109 million publications indexed and about 1.1 billion citations as of September 2019.…”

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“…Launched in 2018, Dimensions (https://www.dimensions.ai) is the most comprehensive bibliographics database, with 109 million publications indexed and about 1.1 billion citations as of September 2019. As of May 2020 Dimensions indexed more than 74,000 journals [17]. Data on cumulative preprints were obtained from different sources: [18] for biorXiv, [19] for ChemRxiv, and [20] for Research Square.…”

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Preprints are regularly cited in peer reviewed journal articles, books and conference paper. Are preprint citations somehow less important than citations to peer reviewed research papers? This study investigates citation patterns between 2017 and 2020 for preprints published in three preprint servers, one specializing in biology (bioRxiv), one in chemistry (ChemRxiv), and another hosting preprints in all disciplines (Research Square). As evaluation of scholarship continues to largely rely on citation-based metrics, this analysis and its outcomes will be useful to inform new research-based education in today’s scholarly communication.

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“…Therefore, we selected the Scopus database [70] due to institutional access and significant coverage of journals (20,346 journals in Scopus vs. 13,605 in WoS). It means that Scopus indexes 66.07% more unique journals than WoS [71]. Scopus includes rich metadata records of scientific articles and complete profiles of authors and institutions.…”

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Worldwide Research on Socio-Hydrology: A Bibliometric Analysis

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The technical and scientific analysis regarding studies of the water surface or groundwater has increasingly taken on a great social impact, which has led to the creation of the term socio-hydrology. Since decision making has a greater weight, considering the social perspective, its study has become more important in the past 20 years. This article aims to carry out a bibliometric analysis related to socio-hydrology using the Scopus database and the application of VOSviewer software for the evaluation of the intellectual structure of socio-hydrology, its conceptual evolution, and its tendencies. The methodology considers (i) search criteria of the research field, (ii) search and document selection, (iii) software and data extraction, and (iv) analysis of results and trends. The results show us the term socio-hydrology as a new scientific discipline that has traces in the Scopus database in the past two decades. However, its application stems from recognising ancestral knowledge alongside other forms of knowledge. Socio-hydrology practice requires participatory models, where the community has a great influence, and for the most part, it guarantees results for the common good. The trend of this topic is growing and open to the criteria of sustainability.

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“…The selection of documents should be made based on choosing a reliable, quality database with comprehensive coverage. The databases used for bibliometric studies are the Web of Science and Scopus, which differ in volume of information, journal coverage and subject areas [61]. The Scopus database was selected due to its comprehensive coverage in years, journals in various areas of knowledge [62][63][64][65], an intuitive search system, easy data download and high-quality standards [66,67], which allows a more precise bibliometric evaluation in the domain of any subject to be analyzed.…”

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Worldwide Research Trends in Landslide Science

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Landslides are generated by natural causes and by human action, causing various geomorphological changes as well as physical and socioeconomic loss of the environment and human life. The study, characterization and implementation of techniques are essential to reduce land vulnerability, different socioeconomic sector susceptibility and actions to guarantee better slope stability with a significant positive impact on society. The aim of this work is the bibliometric analysis of the different types of landslides that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) emphasizes, through the SCOPUS database and the VOSviewer software, for the analysis of their structure, scientific production, and the close relationship with several scientific fields and its trends. The methodology focuses on: (i) search criteria; (ii) data extraction and cleaning; (iii) generation of graphs and bibliometric mapping; and (iv) analysis of results and possible trends. The study and analysis of landslides are in a period of exponential growth, focusing mainly on techniques and solutions for the stabilization, prevention, and categorization of the most susceptible hillslope sectors. Therefore, this research field has the full collaboration of various authors and places a significant focus on the conceptual evolution of the landslide science.

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The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis

Cited by 879 publications

References 28 publications

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