Can Crossref Citations Replace Web of Science for Research Evaluation? The Share of Open Citations

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F20%3A10422616" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/20:10422616 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21620/20:00342429

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=r0.e1Vg7mY" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=r0.e1Vg7mY</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2020-0037" target="_blank" >10.2478/jdis-2020-0037</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Can Crossref Citations Replace Web of Science for Research Evaluation? The Share of Open Citations

Original language description

Purpose: We study the proportion of Web of Science (WoS) citation links that are represented in the Crossref Open Citation Index (COCI), with the possible aim of using COCI in research evaluation instead of the WoS, if the level of coverage was sufficient. Design/methodology/approach: We calculate the proportion on citation links where both publications have a WoS accession number and a DOI simultaneously, and where the cited publications have had at least one author from our institution, the Czech Technical University in Prague. We attempt to look up each such citation link in COCI. Findings: We find that 53.7% of WoS citation links are present in the COCI. The proportion varies largely by discipline. The total figures differ significantly from 40% in the large-scale study by Van Eck, Waltman, Lariviere, and Sugimoto (blog 2018, https://www.cwts.nl/blog?article=n-r2s234). Research limitations: The sample does not cover all science areas uniformly; it is heavily focused on Engineering and Technology, and only some disciplines of Natural Sciences are present. However, this reflects the real scientific orientation and publication profile of our institution. Originality/value: The present study illustrates a COCI vs WoS comparison on the scale of a larger technical university in Central Europe.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50803 - Information science (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Data and Information Science

ISSN

2096-157X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

35-42

UT code for WoS article

000595040100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85091822963