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

Scientometrics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 787-804

  Harzing, Anne Wil ^a   Alakangas, Satu ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Google Scholar; H index; hIa; Research metrics; Scopus; Web of Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956635108     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1798-9     Document Type: Article

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