What question did this study set out to answer?

To compare document coverage, citation link accuracy, and metadata completeness between Dimensions and Scopus for bibliometric analysis at country and institutional levels.

January 22, 2021Frontiers in Research Metrics and AnalyticsOpen Access

Comparative Analysis of the Bibliographic Data Sources Dimensions and Scopus: An Approach at the Country and Institutional Levels

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VGVicente P. Guerrero‐BoteUniversidad de Extremadura ZCZaida Chinchilla‐RodríguezInstituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos AMAbraham MendozaUniversidad Panamericana

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Bibliometric analysis reveals greater document coverage but substantial missing affiliation data in Dimensions compared to Scopus, highlighting limitations for localized research evaluation.

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To compare document coverage, citation link accuracy, and metadata completeness between Dimensions and Scopus for bibliometric analysis at country and institutional levels.
Conducted a large-scale, document-level comparative analysis between the Scopus and Dimensions bibliographic databases.
Evaluated document coverage differences aggregated across country and institutional levels.
Assessed the completeness and accuracy of citation links and institutional affiliation metadata.
Dimensions provided more than 25% greater overall document coverage than Scopus.
Close to half of all indexed documents in Dimensions lacked country affiliation data, whereas Scopus exhibited a significantly lower proportion of missing affiliations.
Missing affiliation metadata in Dimensions severely restricts its practical utility for institutional-level and country-level bibliometric analyses and research policy evaluations.

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Guerrero‐Bote et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7045fe2163a0a01bc47d46 https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2020.593494

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Bibliometric analysis reveals greater document coverage but substantial missing affiliation data in Dimensions compared to Scopus, highlighting limitations for localized research evaluation.

Comparative Analysis of the Bibliographic Data Sources Dimensions and Scopus: An Approach at the Country and Institutional Levels

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Comparative Analysis of the Bibliographic Data Sources Dimensions and Scopus: An Approach at the Country and Institutional Levels

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