Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

Abstract

Traditionally, the most commonly used source of bibliometric data is Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge, in particular the Web of Science and the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which provide the yearly Journal Impact Factors (JIF). This paper presents an alternative source of data (Google Scholar, GS) as well as 3 alternatives to the JIF to assess journal impact (h-index, g-index and the number of citations per paper). Because of its broader range of data sources, the use of GS generally results in more comprehensive citation coverage in the area of management and international business. The use of GS particularly benefits academics publishing in sources that are not (well) covered in ISI. Among these are books, conference papers, non-US journals, and in general journals in the field of strategy and international business. The 3 alternative GS-based metrics showed strong correlations with the traditional JIF. As such, they provide academics and universities committed to JIFs with a good alternative for journals that are not ISI-indexed. However, we argue that these metrics provide additional advantages over the JIF and that the free availability of GS allows for a democratization of citation analysis as it provides every academic access to citation data regardless of their institution's financial means.

The competitive advantage of nations: An application to academia

“…Harzing and van der Wal, 2008). In particular, we find low ISI coverage in certain areas of Engineering as well as in the Social Sciences (Moed, 2005, Nederhof, 2006.…”

The Distribution of the H‐index Among Academic Emergency Physicians in the United States

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“…Harzing notes that Google Scholar possesses some significant limitations, mostly related to what content is indexed in Google Scholar. 3 However, she notes that the social sciences in particular may benefit from improved coverage compared to Web of Science. Given the ease of calculating the h-index, though, it should be a relatively straightforward matter to start with an h-index estimated by Publish or Perish and then modify the h-index based on any additional citations uncovered from other sources.…”

“…3 She notes that Google Scholar has two main advantages. First, it is freely available to the general public.…”

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