Tuesday 16 December 2014

Equality of Google scholar with web of science citations: case of Malaysian engineering highly cited papers

Equality of Google scholar with web of science citations: case of Malaysian engineering highly cited papers

Ale Ebrahim, N.; Salehi, H.; Embi, M.A.; Danaee, M.; Mohammadjafari, M.; Zavvari, A.; Shakiba, M.; Shahbazi-Moghadam, M. (2014) Equality of Google scholar with web of science citations: case of Malaysian engineering highly cited papers. Modern Applied Science, 8 (5). pp. 63-69. ISSN 1913-1844
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Abstract

This
study uses citation analysis from two citation tracking databases,
Google Scholar (GS) and ISI Web of Science, in order to test the
correlation between them and examine the effect of the number of paper
versions on citations. The data were retrieved from the Essential
Science Indicators and Google Scholar for 101 highly cited papers from
Malaysia in the field of engineering. An equation for estimating the
citation in ISI based on Google scholar is offered. The results show a
significant and positive relationship between both citation in Google
Scholar and ISI Web of Science with the number of versions. This
relationship is higher between versions and ISI citations (r = 0.395,
p<0.01) than between versions and Google Scholar citations (r =
0.315, p<0.01). Free access to data provided by Google Scholar and
the correlation to get ISI citation which is costly, allow more
transparency in tenure reviews, funding agency and other science policy,
to count citations and analyze scholars' performance more precisely.
Item Type: Article
Creators:
  1. Ale Ebrahim, N.
  2. Salehi, H.
  3. Embi, M.A.
  4. Danaee, M.
  5. Mohammadjafari, M.
  6. Zavvari, A.
  7. Shakiba, M.
  8. Shahbazi-Moghadam, M.
Journal or Publication Title: Modern Applied Science
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bibliometrics,
Citation analysis, Evaluations, Equivalence, Google Scholar, High
cited, ISI Web of Science, Research tools, H-index
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User: Dr. Nader Ale Ebrahim
Date Deposited: 17 Dec 2014 09:57
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2014 09:57
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/11015


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