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The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis

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Every reference with a DOI in the deposited reference list resolved to a known work in Crossref or DataCite at the dated check, and none carried a retraction, withdrawal, or removal notice.

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The 28 checked references that resolve
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Comparing Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar from an Environmental Sciences perspective
resolves10.1108/EL-12-2011-0174
Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar
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A Criteria-based Assessment of the Coverage of Scopus and Web of Science
resolves10.1162/qss_a_00019
Scopus as a curated, high-quality bibliometric data source for academic research in quantitative science studies
resolves10.1007/s11192-008-0216-y
Which h-index? — A comparison of WoS, Scopus and Google Scholar
resolves10.1162/qss_a_00018
Web of Science as a data source for research on scientific and scholarly activity
resolves10.5539/ass.v9n5p18
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases
resolves10.1007/s11192-013-1089-2
The expansion of Google Scholar versus Web of Science: a longitudinal study
resolves10.1096/fj.07-9492LSF
Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses
resolves10.1108/14684520810865958
Web of Science and Scopus: a journal title overlap study
resolves10.1007/s11192-019-03114-y
Two new kids on the block: How do Crossref and Dimensions compare with Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus and the Web of Science?
resolves10.1007/s11192-015-1798-9
Google Scholar, Scopus and the Web of Science: a longitudinal and cross-disciplinary comparison
resolves10.1162/qss_a_00020
Dimensions: Bringing down barriers between scientometricians and data
resolves10.3389/frma.2018.00023
Dimensions: Building Context for Search and Evaluation
resolves10.1162/qss_a_00031
Comparison of bibliographic data sources: Implications for the robustness of university rankings
resolves10.1177/0165551508098603
Comparing bibliometric country-by-country rankings derived from the Web of Science and Scopus: the effect of poorly cited journals in oncology
resolves10.1016/j.joi.2008.08.001
Coverage and citation impact of oncological journals in the Web of Science and Scopus
resolves10.1007/s11192-018-2820-9
Coverage of highly-cited documents in Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: a multidisciplinary comparison
resolves10.1016/j.joi.2018.09.002
Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories
resolves10.1108/14684520710841784
An exploratory study of Google Scholar
resolves10.1007/s11192-010-0270-0
Counting the citations: a comparison of Web of Science and Google Scholar in the field of business and management
resolves10.1007/s11192-015-1765-5
The journal coverage of Web of Science and Scopus: a comparative analysis
resolves10.3233/JIFS-179906
Revisiting subject classification in academic databases: A comparison of the classification accuracy of Web of Science, Scopus & Dimensions
resolves10.1002/leap.1160
Journal coverage of the Emerging Sources Citation Index
resolves10.1016/j.joi.2018.03.006
Dimensions: A competitor to Scopus and the Web of Science?
resolves10.1007/s11192-008-2113-9
Ranking of departments and researchers within a university using two different databases: Web of Science versus Scopus
resolves10.1007/s11192-009-2178-0
A comparison of Scopus and Web of Science for a typical university
resolves10.1002/meet.14504301185
Citation Analysis: A Comparison of Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science
The 5 references without a DOI — listed, not checked
no DOI — not checkedAlRyalat, S. A. S., Malkawi, L. W., & Momani, S. M. (2019). Comparing bibliometric analysis using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 152, e58494.
no DOI — not checkedBode, C., Herzog, C., Hook D. & McGrath, R. (2019). A guide to dimensions data approach. Retrieved from https://www.dimensions.ai/resources/a-guide-to-the-dimensions-data-approach/ on May 15th 2020.
no DOI — not checkedMartin-Martin, A., Thelwall, M., Orduna-Malea, E., Lopez-Cozar, E.D. (2020). Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus, Dimensions, Web of Science, and Open Citations’COCI: a multidisciplinary comparison of coverage via citations. Retrieved from arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.14329 on May 15th 2020.
no DOI — not checkedVisser, M. S., van Eck, N. J. & Waltman, L. (2019). Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions and Crossref. In proceedings of 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, pp. 2358–2369.
no DOI — not checkedVisser, M. S., van Eck, N. J. & Waltman, L. (2020). Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Web of Science, Scopus, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. Retrieved from https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.10732 on May 25th 2020.
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