TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to discuss dubious hit counts in search results.Design/methodology/approach– Uses not only traditional databases and search engines but also unique citation databases to gain informative hit figures.Findings– Searches are finding materials that are clearly not scholarly materials.Originality/value– Shows the importance of a more defined search, thus less distortion of counts. VL - 30 IS - 2 SN - 1468-4527 DO - 10.1108/14684520610659201 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/14684520610659201 AU - Jacsó Péter PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - Dubious hit counts and cuckoo's eggs T2 - Online Information Review PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 188 EP - 193 Y2 - 2024/05/04 ER -