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Scopus reviewed and compared: the coverage and functionality of the citation database Scopus, including comparisons with Web of Science and Google Scholar

Jeroen Bosman, Ineke van Mourik, Menno Rasch, Eric Sieverts, Huib Verhoeff

Abstract

Scopus is a new entrant in the market for multidisciplinary citation databases. This report analyses the coverage and functionality of Scopus and compares it to ISI's Web of Science and Google Scholar. Scopus comes out as a user-friendly product with an overall broader coverage of life sciences and physical sciences, compared to Web of Science. In social sciences coverage is not yet fully convincing. There are some volume/issue gaps in Scopus coverage as well.

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Key concepts: Scopus, World Wide Web, Web of science, Information retrieval, Citation, Computer science, Bibliographic database, Database