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This chapter summarizes briefly the three major abstract and index databases accessible through the internet which record scientific publications and related citations. Web of Knowledge, Scopus, and Google Scholar are introduced and their content and major features are described. The chapters concludes with a comparison which includes advantages and disadvantages of these reference pages.
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Notes
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The headquarters are located at: Thomson Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, USA.
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There are a few more resources included such as Scientific WebPlus (a web search tool) or Science Watch\(^\circledR \) (weekly tracking of hot or emerging papers) which will be not covered within this publication.
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Thomson Reuters offers also a smaller database which is called the Science Citation Index (SCI). This database covers over 3700 journals across 100 disciplines [16].
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The web page [17] indicates that the evaluated journals date back to 1900. This is most probably the case for the journals related to arts and humanities.
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Formerly known as ISI Proceedings\(^{\text{ SM }}\).
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See Chap. 6 for further details.
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See Chap. 6 for further information and definitions.
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At the time of the launch the database was just named Scopus.
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The headquarters are located at: Elsevier B.V. (Corporate Office) Radarweg 29, Amsterdam 1043 NX, The Netherlands.
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Google Inc. is a public listed company and the headquarters are located at: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
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Nevertheless, Google covers almost everything that is available online.
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Many of the mentioned problems are fixed in the meantime.
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In this case, only the time period was specified and no other search option was specified.
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Öchsner, A. (2013). Abstract and Index Databases (Web of Knowledge, Scopus, Google Scholar). In: Introduction to Scientific Publishing. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38646-6_5
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