The Secrets behind Web of Science’s DOI Search
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
The problem of inadequate DOI search results in Scopus was mainly ascribed to illegal DOI names.
“However, in this case, the problem was mainly ascribed to illegal DOI names [169].”
From Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World (2021) · cites this paper as [169]
Cites
Empirical Analysis and Classification of Database Errors in Scopus and Web of Science
Franceschini, F., Maisano, D., & Mastrogiacomo, L. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.07.003 · Cited by 225 · see citing works
Liu, W. (2016) · Learned Publishing · doi:10.1002/leap.1089 · Cited by 171 · see citing works
Self-citationThe museum of errors/horrors in Scopus
Franceschini, F., Maisano, D. A., & Mastrogiacomo, L. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2015.11.006 · Cited by 121 · see citing works
Availability of digital object identifiers (DOIs) in web of science and scopus
Gorraiz, J., Melero-Fuentes, D., Gumpenberger, C., & Valderrama-Zurián, J.-C. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2015.11.008 · Cited by 93 · see citing works
Funding Acknowledgment Analysis: Queries and Caveats
Tang, L., Hu, G., & Liu, W. (2017) · Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.23713 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Self-citationMissing Author Address Information in Web of Science—An Explorative Study
Liu, W., Hu, G., & Tang, L. (2018) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2018.07.008 · Cited by 70 · see citing works
Self-citationErrors in DOI Indexing by Bibliometric Databases
Franceschini, F., Maisano, D., & Mastrogiacomo, L. (2015) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-014-1503-4 · Cited by 67 · see citing works
DOI errors and possible solutions for Web of Science
Zhu, J., Hu, G., & Liu, W. (2018) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2980-7 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Self-citationAvailability of digital object identifiers in publications archived by PubMed
Boudry, C., & Chartron, G. (2017) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-016-2225-6 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Missing author address information in Web of Science—An explorative study
Liu, W., Hu, G., & Tang, L. (2018) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 30 · see citing works
Self-citationSubstantial numbers of easily identifiable illegal DOIs still exist in Scopus
Huang, M., & Liu, W. (2019) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2019.03.019 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Self-citation
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World
Pranckutė, R. (2021) · Publications · doi:10.3390/publications9010012 · Cited by 2,696 · see citing works
A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers
Zhu, J., & Liu, W. (2020) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03387-8 · Cited by 1,556 · see citing works
Self-citationE-Mentoring in Higher Education: A Structured Literature Review and Implications for Future Research
Tinoco-Giraldo, H., Sánchez, E. M. T., & García‐Peñalvo, F. J. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12114344 · Cited by 107 · see citing works
Funding Information in Web of Science: An Updated Overview
Liu, W., Tang, L., & Hu, G. (2020) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03362-3 · Cited by 83 · see citing works
Self-citationAccuracy of Funding Information in Scopus: A Comparative Case Study
Liu, W. (2020) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03458-w · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Self-citationA matter of time: publication dates in Web of Science Core Collection
Liu, W. (2020) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-020-03697-x · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Self-citationTypes of DOI errors of cited references in Web of Science with a cleaning method
Xu, S., Hao, L., An, X., Zhai, D., & Pang, H. (2019) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03162-4 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Scientometric Analysis of Research Development in Universities From CIS Countries
Saidov, B. R., Ruzimov, J. O., Yusupova, I. R., Maksetbaev, A. B., & Egamberganova, A. D. (2024) · International Siberian workshops and tutorials on electron devices and materials · doi:10.1109/edm61683.2024.10615170 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Decision Support Systems for Managing Construction Projects: A Scientific Evolution Analysis
Galjanić, K., Marović, I., & Jajac, N. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14094977 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Substantial numbers of easily identifiable illegal DOIs still exist in Scopus
Huang, M., & Liu, W. (2019) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2019.03.019 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Self-citationDomenteanu, A., Crișan, G.-A., Frăsineanu, C., & Delcea, C. (2025) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su17062764 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
- Authors
- Zhu, J., Liu, F., & Liu, W.
- Affiliations
- East China Normal University (CN)
- Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Weishu
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 2019-03-30
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1745-1753
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2926043241
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 1.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Library Science and Information Systems
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Library Science and Information
- Keywords
- digital object identifiers, Web of Science, Scopus, bibliographic database searching
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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