Do Scopus and WoS correct “old” omitted citations?

Scientometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 321-335

  Franceschini, Fiorenzo ^a   Maisano, Domenico ^a   Mastrogiacomo, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometric database; Database errors; Engineering Manufacturing journals; Error correction; Old dirty data; Omitted citations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963690404     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1867-8     Document Type: Article

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