Science indicators revisited - Science Citation Index versus SCOPUS: A bibliometric comparison of both citation databases - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-52445
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.5244

Ball, Rafael ; Tunger, Dirk

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Item type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Information Services and Use
Publisher:	IOS Press
Volume:	26
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:	4
Page Range:	pp. 293-301
Date:	January 2006
Institutions:	Central Institutions > University Library
Dewey Decimal Classification:	000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Unknown
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Unknown
Item ID:	5244

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Abstract

Although the evaluation of knowledge in the form of a quantitation of scientific output is not uncontroversial, it is a widely practised form of science evaluation. For more than 30 years, the Science Citation Index (SCI) has been alone in fulfilling this purpose. But since 2005 Scopus is a direct competitor to the SCI-databases. Comparing the two databases should help to answer questions that ...