Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses
Abstract
The evolution of the electronic age has led to the development of numerous medical databases on the World Wide Web, offering search facilities on a particular subject and the ability to perform citation analysis. We compared the content coverage and practical utility of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The official Web pages of the databases were used to extract information on the range of journals covered, search facilities...
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Title
Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar: strengths and weaknesses
Published Date
Sep 20, 2007
Journal
Volume
22
Issue
2
Pages
338 - 342
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