Large-scale analysis of the accuracy of the journal classification systems of Web of Science and Scopus

作者: Qi Wang , Ludo Waltman

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOI.2016.02.003

关键词: ScopusBibliographic databaseCitation analysisWeb of scienceInformation retrievalComputer scienceCitationField (computer science)

摘要: … journals that are not assigned to categories with which they have strong connections. If a journal … Accordingly, we identify all journals with questionable classifications in Web of Science …

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