The Google scholar experiment: How to index false papers and manipulate bibliometric indicators
- Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, N. Robinson-García, D. Torres-Salinas
- EducationJ. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.
- 23 April 2013
The results of an experiment undertaken to analyze Google Scholar's capacity to detect citation‐counting manipulation are shown and it is discussed how the effects of such an outburst could affect the future development of such products, at both the individual level and the journal level.
Ranking of departments and researchers within a university using two different databases: Web of Science versus Scopus
- D. Torres-Salinas, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, E. Jiménez-Contreras
- MedicineScientometrics
- 16 April 2009
It was concluded that the difference in the number of citations found did not correspond to the difference of coverage of WoS and Scopus, and it was found that both databases generate similar results.
New data, new possibilities: Exploring the insides of Altmetric.com
- N. Robinson-García, D. Torres-Salinas, Zohreh Zahedi, R. Costas
- Computer ScienceArXiv
- 16 July 2014
It is concluded that Altmetric.com is a transparent, rich and accurate tool for altmetric data, Nevertheless, there are still potential limitations on its exhaustiveness as well as on the selection of social media sources that need further research.
Coverage, field specialisation and the impact of scientific publishers indexed in the Book Citation Index
- D. Torres-Salinas, N. Robinson-García, J. Campanario, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar
- HistoryOnline information review (Print)
- 10 December 2013
The authors conducted a descriptive study in which they examined coverage by discipline, publisher distribution by field and country of publication, and publisher impact of Thomson Reuters' Book Citation Index.
Manipulating Google Scholar Citations and Google Scholar Metrics: simple, easy and tempting
- Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, N. Robinson-García, D. Torres-Salinas
- Computer ScienceArXiv
- 4 December 2012
An experiment is presented in which the Google Citations profiles of a research group are manipulated through the creation of false documents that cite their documents, and consequently, the journals in which they have published modifying their H index.
Towards a Book Publishers Citation Reports. First approach using the Book Citation Index
- D. Torres-Salinas, N. Robinson-García, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar
- EducationRevista Española de Documentación Científica
- 29 July 2012
This article analyzes different impact indicators referred to the scientific publishers included in the Book Citation Index for the Social Sciences and Humanities fields during 2006-2011 with a total of 19 rankings according to the different disciplines in Humanities & Arts and Social Sciences & Law.
Library Catalog Analysis as a tool in studies of social sciences and humanities: An exploratory study of published book titles in Economics
- D. Torres-Salinas, H. Moed
- SociologyJ. Informetrics
- 2009
An insight into the importance of national university rankings in an international context: the case of the I-UGR rankings of Spanish universities
- N. Robinson-García, D. Torres-Salinas, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar, Francisco Herrera
- EducationScientometrics
- 6 May 2013
It is concluded that it is advisable to use national rankings in order to complement international rankings, however this must be done with certain caution as they differ on the methodology employed as well as on the construction of the fields.
Analyzing data citation practices using the data citation index
- N. Robinson-García, E. Jiménez-Contreras, D. Torres-Salinas
- Computer ScienceJ. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.
- 26 January 2015
The role that the DCI could play in encouraging the consistent, standardized citation of research data is emphasized—a role that would enhance their value as a means of following the research process from data collection to publication.
Analyzing the citation characteristics of books: edited books, book series and publisher types in the book citation index
- D. Torres-Salinas, N. Robinson-García, Alvaro Cabezas-Clavijo, E. Jiménez-Contreras
- Computer ScienceScientometrics
- 7 May 2013
A first approach to analyzing the factors that determine the citation characteristics of books is presented, using the Thomson Reuters’ book citation index, a novel multidisciplinary database launched in 2011 which offers bibliometric data on books.
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