Table 1 |
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Comparison of features in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar |
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| Web of Science |
Scopus |
Google Scholar |
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| Indexing and abstracting |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Years covered-journals |
1900 to present (Science) 1956-present (Social Science) 1975-present (Arts and Humanities) |
1966 to present for some journals, but many date back to 1996 to present |
Not revealed |
| Years covered-citations |
1900 to present |
1996 to present |
Not revealed |
| Fee-based |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Contents |
9300 journals (Science, Social Science and Arts and Humanities) |
15,000 journals (Science and Social Science) |
Not revealed |
Bakkalbasi et al. Biomedical Digital Libraries 2006 3:7 doi:10.1186/1742-5581-3-7 |
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