Volume 9, Issue 5, 27 April 2013, Pages 18-26
A comparison between two main academic literature collections: Web of science and scopus databases
Aghaei Chadegani, A.a![]()
, Salehi, H.b, Md Yunus, M.M.c, Farhadi, H.d, Fooladi, M.a, Farhadi, M.a, Ale Ebrahim, N.e
, Salehi, H.b, Md Yunus, M.M.c, Farhadi, H.d, Fooladi, M.a, Farhadi, M.a, Ale Ebrahim, N.e a Department of Accounting, Mobarakeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mobarakeh, Isfahan, Iran
b Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
c Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
d School of Psychology and Human Development, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
e Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya, Malaysia
b Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
c Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
d School of Psychology and Human Development, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia
e Research Support Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and Monitoring (IPPP), University of Malaya, Malaysia
Abstract
Nowadays, the world's scientific community has been publishing an enormous number of papers in different scientific fields. In such environment, it is essential to know which databases are equally efficient and objective for literature searches. It seems that two most extensive databases are Web of Science and Scopus. Besides searching the literature, these two databases used to rank journals in terms of their productivity and the total citations received to indicate the journals impact, prestige or influence. This article attempts to provide a comprehensive comparison of these databases to answer frequent questions which researchers ask, such as: How Web of Science and Scopus are different? In which aspects these two databases are similar? Or, if the researchers are forced to choose one of them, which one should they prefer? For answering these questions, these two databases will be compared based on their qualitative and quantitative characteristics.
Author keywords
Citation tracking; Citations; Coverage; Database; H-index; Impact factor; Indexing; Provenance; Researcher ID; Researcher profile; Scopus; Searching; Web of science
ISSN: 19112017Source Type: JournalOriginal language: English
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n5p18Document Type: Article
A Comparison between Two Main Academic Literature Collections: Web of Science and Scopus Databases by Arezoo Aghaei Chadegani, Hadi Salehi, Melor Md Yunus, Hadi Farhadi, Masood Fooladi, Maryam Farhadi, Nader Ale Ebrahim :: SSRN