Web evolution and Web Science [PDF]
This paper examines the evolution of the World Wide Web as a network of networks and discusses the emergence of Web Science as an interdisciplinary area that can provide us with insights on how the Web developed, and how it has affected and is affected by society.
Thanassis Tiropanis, Wendy Hall
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The Web must be studied as an entity in its own right to ensure it keeps flourishing and prevent unanticipated social effects.
James A. Hendler +4 more
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A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers [PDF]
Web of Science and Scopus are two world-leading and competing citation databases. By using the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, this paper conducts a comparative, dynamic, and empirical study focusing on the use of Web ...
Weishu Liu, Junwen Zhu
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Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories [PDF]
Despite citation counts from Google Scholar (GS), Web of Science (WoS), and Scopus being widely consulted by researchers and sometimes used in research evaluations, there is no recent or systematic evidence about the differences between them. In response,
Mike Thelwall +2 more
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The Role of Data Science in Web Science [PDF]
Web science relies on an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to go beyond what any one subject can say about the World Wide Web. By incorporating numerous disciplinary perspectives and relying heavily on domain knowledge and expertise, data science has emerged as an important new area that integrates statistics with computational knowledge, data ...
Thanassis Tiropanis +2 more
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Bounding the Number of Minimal Transversals in Tripartite 3-Uniform Hypergraphs [PDF]
We focus on the maximum number of minimal transversals in 3-partite 3-uniform hypergraphs on n vertices. Those hypergraphs (and their minimal transversals) are commonly found in database applications.
Alexandre Bazin +3 more
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The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis [PDF]
Traditionally, Web of Science and Scopus have been the two most widely used databases for bibliometric analyses. However, during the last few years some new scholarly databases, such as Dimensions, have come up.
V. Singh +4 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today's Academic World
Nowadays, the importance of bibliographic databases (DBs) has increased enormously, as they are the main providers of publication metadata and bibliometric indicators universally used both for research assessment practices and for performing daily tasks.
Raminta Pranckute
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Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic [PDF]
We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic.
M. Visser, N. van Eck, L. Waltman
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The journal coverage of Web of Science and Scopus: a comparative analysis [PDF]
Bibliometric methods are used in multiple fields for a variety of purposes, namely for research evaluation. Most bibliometric analyses have in common their data sources: Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier’s Scopus.
P. Mongeon, Adèle Paul-Hus
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