Web of Science does not have citations that are in Psych Info. So, I'm unconvinced that WoS is a "gold standard".
Paul On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Michael Palij wrote: > Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:45:33 -0800, David Epstein wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Michael Palij went: >>> So, Google Scholar inflates the number of articles that a >>> specific researcher has publishes (when I checked for >>> my pubs, GS provided multiple hits for a single article >> >> But Google Scholar, like WoS, now lets you do a citation analysis on >> your own work by weeding out the papers that shouldn't be there. > > I've used "My Citation" and it does not agree with WoS -- > some articles have lower hits, others have higher hits, and > has fewer publications than WoS. In GS, one article which > was published in a journal and simultaneously in a > standalone volume are counted as two different pubs > in Google Scholar but not in WoS (I think these should > count as one entry). Both provide the same h-number > but I think the number of citations is larger in GS. > The GS "i10-index" is I believe unique to GS and > I would be very leery of relying upon it even though I > think it will be larger than the h-number in most cases > (it is my case). > > WoS has the capability of allowing one to select which > articles to use through the "Distinct Author Set" function. > So, do a cited author search, it produces a list of hits, > at the top is "Distinct Author Set" and click on the > name. This calls up the articles found and you can > cull from this list which can then be used in citation > analysis. This was easier to do in previous versions of WoS. > >> (Click on "My Citations.") Trouble is, Google Scholar seems to >> provide no easy way to do this on someone else's work. > > Well, someday there'll be an app for that. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=15278 > or send a blank email to > leave-15278-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=15280 or send a blank email to leave-15280-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
