Data sorces for performing citation analysis: An overview

[Christoph Neuhaus]

Data sorces for performing citation analysis: An overview

PURPOSE: To provide an overview of new citation-enhanced databases  
and to identify issues to be considered when they are used as data  
source for performing citation analysis.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Reports the limitations of Thomson  
Scientific’s citation indexes and reviews the characteristics of the  
citation-enhanced databases Chemical Abstracts, Google Scholar and  
Scopus.
FINDINGS: Suggests that citation-enhanced databases need to be  
examined carefully, with regard to both their potentialities and  
their limitations for citation analysis.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Presents a valuable overview of new citation- 
enhanced databases in the context of research evaluation.

Accepted for publication in the "Journal of Documentation". Post- 
print version available at:
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=bericht&nr=490&part=text

With kind regards,
Christoph Neuhaus

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ETH Zurich
Christoph Neuhaus
Professorship for Social Psychology and Research on Higher Education
ZAE H 6
Zaehringerstrasse 24
CH-8092 Zurich

neuhaus at gess.ethz.ch
http://www.hochschulforschung.ethz.ch/

+41 44 632 44 16 phone
+41 44 632 12 83 fax
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