SEforRA: A Bibliometrics-ready Academic Digital Library Search Engine Alternative

Abstract

Naturally, not all researchers can develop their own software to search for academic publications from digital libraries. Nevertheless, at several stages of their research, they will need to search digital libraries for relevant scientific publications and bibliometric information. There are typically two approaches used by researchers to search for scientific publications: (i) using Google Scholar search, or (ii) using publication metadata available from several sources, such as CrossRef and publishers. However, in developing countries like Indonesia, neither option provided users with complete information, since (i) Google Scholar does not provide bibliometric details, and (ii) complete bibliometric information from other sources is often not available due to incomplete data (e.g., CrossRef) or the necessity to pay a subscription fee (e.g., Springer and Elsevier). The development of Search Engine for Research Articles (SEforRA) is a solution to this issue which provides researchers with bibliometricready publication metadata. SEforRA extracts and processes data from CrossRef, publishers, and other sources to provide an integrated platform for researchers to search and retrieve publication metadata, which is ready to use further in their research.
 Keywords: search engine for research articles, academic search engines, text data mining, bibliometrics

Mapping of Mobile Learning Research Directions and Trends in Scopus-Indexed Journals: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…There are two article mining with two different tools. The first tool (Publish or Perish 8) with a search mode for the year published 1995-2021 [46] and the tool (SEforRA) with a search mode limiting the year published between 1999-2022. [47].…”

Information literacy and research support services in academic libraries: A bibliometric analysis from 2001 to 2020

“…Thus, researchers found easy access to the research support services through academic libraries to the Web of Knowledge. In the past, the research support services in academic libraries have been a serious concern across the globe [7,34–36], as several types of research have been conducted on research support services in developing and developed countries [9,18,37–39]. The trend of research-on-research support services in developed countries has significance due to the use of modern technology that transformed academic libraries.…”

“…As far as the bibliometric analysis technique is concerned, it has been extensively used by researchers to analyse scientific productivity in the field of library science and other linked disciplines [9,31,33,[43][44][45][46]. Through this method, researchers focused to analyse published documents, including books, letters, proceeding papers, book reviews, articles, abstracts and editorial materials used in scientific publications [41,[47][48][49].…”

“…Presently, the use of modern support services has an important role to enhance the quality of libraries. These services include digitisation of print collections, open-access data, data management, information services, information literacy and services, open access of publishing access to the latest techniques of searching research material and bibliometric techniques [7–9]. In response, universities tried their efforts to change research support in academic libraries as per the need of library users [10–12].…”

Filsafat Pendidikan dan Perkembangannya: Kajian Bibliometrik berdasarkan Database Scopus

“…Roni Herdianto dkk (Filsafat Pendidikan dan Perkembangannya) artikel dengan dua tools yang berbeda. Tools yang pertama (Publish or Perish 7) dengan mode pencarian tidak ada batasan tahun terbit dan tools kedua (SEforRA) (Sidiq et al, 2020) dengan mode pencarian batasan tahun terbit antara 2015-2020. Platform database artikel jurnal yang dipilih adalah Scopus.…”