Science indicators revisited - Science citation index versus SCOPUS: A bibliometric comparison of both citation databases

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Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-301

  Ball, Rafael ^a   Tunger, Dirk ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citationdatabase; Science citation index; Science evaluation; Scopus

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; RELIABILITY THEORY;

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSES; CITATION DATABASE; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX (SCI); SCOPUS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847408828     PISSN: 01675265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/isu-2006-26404     Document Type: Article

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