Gorraiz, J (Gorraiz, Juan); Schloegl, C (Schloegl, Christian) A bibliometric analysis of pharmacology and pharmacy journals: Scopus versus Web of Science JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 34 (5): 715-725 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: christian.schloegl at uni-graz.at 

Author(s): Gorraiz, J (Gorraiz, Juan); Schloegl, C (Schloegl, Christian) 

Title: A bibliometric analysis of pharmacology and pharmacy journals: 
Scopus versus Web of Science 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 34 (5): 715-725 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: bibliometric analysis; comparison of databases; data 
reliability; impact factor; Journal Citation Reports; Scopus; Web of 
Science 

Abstract: Our study examines the suitability of Scopus for bibliometric 
analyses in comparison with the Web of Science (WOS). In particular we 
want to explore if the outcome of bibliometric analyses differs between 
Scopus and WOS and, if yes, in which aspects. Since journal indicators 
vary among disciplines, we analysed only journals from the subject 
pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Nonetheless, our study has also 
broader implications. Its major findings are: (a) Each top- 100 JCR 
pharmacy journal was covered by Scopus. (b) The impact factor was higher 
for 82 and the immediacy index greater for 78 journals in Scopus in 2005. 
Pharmacy journals with a high impact factor in the JCR usually have a high 
impact factor in Scopus. (c) Several medium impact journals could be 
identified in Scopus which were not reported in JCR. (d) The two databases 
differed in the number of articles within a tolerable margin of deviation 
for most journals. 

Addresses: [Gorraiz, Juan] Univ Vienna, Lib & Arch Serv, Cent Lib Phys, A-
1010 Vienna, Austria; [Schloegl, Christian] Graz Univ, Inst Informat Sci & 
Informat Syst, A-8010 Graz, Austria 

Reprint Address: Schloegl, C, Univ Str 15-F3, A-8010 Graz, Austria. 

E-mail Address: christian.schloegl at uni-graz.at 

Cited Reference Count: 23 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 

Publisher Address: 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0165-5515 

DOI: 10.1177/0165551507086991 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J INFORM SCI 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Inf. Sci. 

Source Item Page Count: 11 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 349UQ 

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