A Response to “The Museum of Errors/Horrors in Scopus” by Franceschini et Al
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Elsevier promotes authors to supervise and maintain their Scopus author profile integrity by providing free access to profiles and correction opportunities; encourages users to report discrepancies.
“Elsevier promotes authors to supervise and maintain their Scopus author profile integrity by providing a free access to the profiles and their correction opportunities. Additionally, Elsevier encourages Scopus users to report any observed discrepancies [171].”
From Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World (2021) · cites this paper as [171]
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The museum of errors/horrors in Scopus
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Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World
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Empirical Analysis and Classification of Database Errors in Scopus and Web of Science
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Measuring Science: Basic Principles and Application of Advanced Bibliometrics
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Economic viability of building energy efficiency measures: a review on the discount rate
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Red alert: Millions of “homeless” publications in Scopus should be resettled
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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
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Towards transparency trends in academic databases?
Valderrama‐Zurián, J. C., Melero-Fuentes, D., & Aleixandre‐Benavent, R. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.07.010 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
- Authors
- Meester, W. J. N., Colledge, L., & Dyas, E. E.
- Affiliations
- Elsevier BV (Netherlands) (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Meester, Wim J.N.
- Venue
- Journal of Informetrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-05
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 569-570
- ISSN
- 1751-1577 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2347162642
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 3.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Informetrics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Keywords
- Science Citation Index Expanded, bibliometric indicators, journal coverage, citation analysis, impact factor, h-index, author and institutional collaboration, international cooperation, indexing policy, self-citation, SCImago Journal Rank, most cited papers
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