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Treating bibliometric indicators with caution: their dependence on the source database

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  • L Quoniam
  • H Rostaing
  • E Boutin
  • H Dou

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Nowadays, with computer-supported analysis of databases, constructing bibliometric or scientometric indicators may be considered easy. The problem is more to verify the accuracy of the global analysis, including the sampling of data. The global coherence of an analysis depends on the adequacy of all the steps. Using on-line databases, an experiment was designed to demonstrate this. Keeping the same protocol for data collection, the same indicators are used over the various samples. The results from three separate databases are profoundly different. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • L Quoniam & H Rostaing & E Boutin & H Dou, 1995. "Treating bibliometric indicators with caution: their dependence on the source database," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 5(3), pages 177-181, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:5:y:1995:i:3:p:177-181
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    1. Hamid Bouabid & Ben R. Martin, 2009. "Evaluation of Moroccan research using a bibliometric-based approach: investigation of the validity of the h-index," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 78(2), pages 203-217, February.
    2. Isabel Gómez & Rosa Sancho & Luz Moreno & María Teresa Fernández, 1999. "Influence of Latin American journals coverage by international databases," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 46(3), pages 443-456, November.
    3. Hamid Bouabid, 2014. "Science and technology metrics for research policy evaluation: some insights from a Moroccan experience," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 101(1), pages 899-915, October.

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