Reference coverage analysis of OpenAlex compared to Web of Science and Scopus
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences · Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract OpenAlex is a promising open source of scholarly metadata, and competitor to established proprietary sources, such as the Web of Science and Scopus. As OpenAlex provides its data freely and openly, it permits researchers to perform bibliometric studies that can be reproduced in the community without licensing barriers. However, as OpenAlex is a rapidly evolving source and the data contained within is expanding and also quickly changing, the question naturally arises as to the trustworthiness of its data. In this report, we will study the reference coverage and selected metadata within each database and compare them with each other to help address this open question in bibliometrics. In our large-scale…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 81.02
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 29
Authors
7- JHJack H. CulbertCorresponding
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
- AHAnne Hobert
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, University of Göttingen
- NJNajko Jahn
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, University of Göttingen
- NHNick Haupka
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, University of Göttingen
- MSMarion Schmidt
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies
Topics & keywords
- Scopus
- Web of science
- Scientometrics
- Information retrieval
- Computer science
- Bibliometrics
- Data science
- Library science