Missing Documents in Scopus: The Case of the Journal Enfermeria Nefrologica
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WoS and Scopus have specific deficiencies including inconsistencies of journal coverage, inaccuracy of subject classification schemes, missing citation information or citation links, incorrect and missing DOI numbers, duplicate entries, and inconsistent publication dates.
“Meanwhile, other authors discussed more specific deficiencies of the DBs, such as inconsistencies of journal coverage [63], the accuracy of subject classification schemes [64], missing citation information or citation links [40,65,66], incorrect and missing DOI numbers [53,67-69], duplicate entries [30], and inconsistent publication dates [53].”
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- Authors
- Krauskopf, E.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
- Corresponding author
- Krauskopf, Erwin
- ORCID
- Krauskopf, Erwin
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 2019-03-09
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 543-547
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2921286186
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 1.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Proyecto Financiamiento Basal (AFB170004)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- Scopus, missing documents, bibliometric indicators, citation analysis, publication frequency, journal indexing
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