Equality of Google scholar with web of science citations: case of Malaysian engineering highly cited papers

• Main Authors: Ale Ebrahim, N., Salehi, H., Embi, M.A., Danaee, M., Mohammadjafari, M., Zavvari, A., Shakiba, M., Shahbazi-Moghadam, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
• Subjects: L Education (General); LB Theory and practice of education; LB2300 Higher Education; LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11015/1/Equality_of_Google_Scholar.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/11015/; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/mas/article/download/37570/21803
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This study uses citation analysis from two citation tracking databases, Google Scholar (GS) and ISI Web of Science, in order to test the correlation between them and examine the effect of the number of paper versions on citations. The data were retrieved from the Essential Science Indicators and Goo...