TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of new citation‐enhanced databases and to identify issues to be considered when they are used as a data source for performing citation analysis.Design/methodology/approach– The paper reports the limitations of Thomson Scientific's citation indexes and reviews the characteristics of the citation‐enhanced databases Chemical Abstracts, Google Scholar and Scopus.Findings– The study suggests that citation‐enhanced databases need to be examined carefully, with regard to both their potentialities and their limitations for citation analysis.Originality/value– The paper presents a valuable overview of new citation‐enhanced databases in the context of research evaluation.
VL  - 64
IS  - 2
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/00220410810858010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410810858010
AU  - Neuhaus Christoph
AU  - Daniel Hans‐Dieter
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Data sources for performing citation analysis: an overview
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 193
EP  - 210
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -