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Google Scholar Metrics' launch in April 2012, a new bibliometric tool for the evaluation of scientific journals by means of citation counting, has ended with the duopoly exerted by the Web of Science and Scopus databases. This paper aims at comparing the coverage of these three databases [...]

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In the most recent edition of Google Scholar Metrics (2012-2016) there was an abrupt drop in the number of Spanish scientific journals; the total was 1,101 in the 2011-2015 edition but fell to 599 in the 2012-2016 edition. We conducted an analysis by discipline in order to find which [...]

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After a short historical perspective of bibliographic databases with citations, which allow bibliometric studies, the features of Google Scholar as a possible database for the same purpose are discussed. While Scholar is free and more comprehensive than WoS and Scopus, its use is [...]

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Google Scholar (GS) is a search engine that specializes in scientific information and in the identification of the citations that academic papers receive, making it a strong competitor for other citations indexes like Scopus and Web of Science. For this reason, several studies have [...]

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The critical attitude of many scientists and information professionals to the information published in the academic web, which is usually less valued than that available in scientific journals, is surprising. The article proposes that the Web should be taken seriously and techniques [...]

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Analysis of the Science Research system in the context of e-science and the federated search, compared with the index-based retrieval systems and harvesting systems. Analysis of several elements of Science Research and a comparative study of search results.

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The validity of Google Scholar as a service that reflects properly the scientific output of a university is analyzed, comparing its coverage of Spanish public universities with that of Scopus. The presence and evolution of scientific documentation on the websites of the Spanish public [...]

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Google Scholar is a search engine that specializes in scientific information and in the identification of the citations that academic papers receive, making it a strong competitor for other citations indexes. For this reason, several studies have attempted to evaluate its capacity [...]

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We introduce Google Scholar Metrics (GSM), a new bibliometric product of Google that aims at providing the H-index for scientific journals and other information sources. We conduct a critical review of GSM showing its main characteristics and possibilities as a tool for scientific [...]

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We introduce Google Scholar Metrics (GSM), a new bibliometric product of Google that aims at providing the H-index for scientific journals and other information sources. We conduct a critical review of GSM showing its main characteristics and possibilities as a tool for scientific [...]