Jacso P "Comparison and analysis of the citedness scores in web of science And Google Scholar " Digital Libraries : Implementing Strategies and Sharing Experiences, Proceedings Lecture Notes In Computer Science - 3815: 360-369 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: jacso at hawaii.edu


Title: Comparison and analysis of the citedness scores in web of science
And Google Scholar

Author(s): Jacso P

Source: DIGITAL LIBRARIES: IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES AND SHARING EXPERIENCES,
PROCEEDINGS LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 3815: 360-369 2005

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 20      Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
An increasing number of online information services calculate and report
the citedness score of the source documents and provide a link to the group
of records of the citing documents. The citedness score depends on the
breadth of source coverage, and the ability of the software to identify the
cited documents correctly. The citedness score may be a good indicator of
the influence of the documents retrieved. Google Scholar gives the most
prominence to the citedness score by using it in ranking the search
results. Tests have been conducted to compare the individual and aggregate
citedness scores of items in the results list of various known-item and
subject searches in Web of Science (WoS) and Google Scholar (GS). This
paper presents the findings of the comparison and analysis of the
individual and aggregate citation scores calculated by WoS and GS for the
papers published in 22 volumes of the Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and
Immunology (APJAI). The aggregate citedness score was 1,355 for the 675
papers retrieved by WoS, and 595 for 680 papers found in GS. The findings
of the analysis and comparison of tests, and the reasons for the
significant limitations of Google Scholar in calculating and reporting the
citedness scores are presented.

KeyWords Plus: INFORMATION; DIMENSION

Addresses: Jacso P (reprint author), Univ Hawaii, Dept Informat & Comp Sci,
2550 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96882 USA
Univ Hawaii, Dept Informat & Comp Sci, Honolulu, HI 96882 USA

E-mail Addresses: jacso at hawaii.edu

Publisher: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, HEIDELBERGER PLATZ 3, D-14197 BERLIN,
GERMANY
Subject Category: COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS
IDS Number: BDP39

ISSN: 0302-9743


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