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Academic Search Engines

A Quantitative Outlook

A volume in Chandos Information Professional Series

Book2014

Author:

José Luis Ortega

Academic Search Engines

A Quantitative Outlook

A volume in Chandos Information Professional Series

Book2014

 

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Author:

José Luis Ortega

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    1 - Introduction

    Pages 1-9

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    2 - CiteSeerx: a scientific engine for scientists

    Pages 11-27

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    3 - Scirus: a multi-source searcher

    Pages 29-45

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    4 - AMiner: science networking as an information source

    Pages 47-70

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    5 - Microsoft Academic Search: the multi-object engine

    Pages 71-107

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    6 - Google Scholar: on the shoulders of a giant

    Pages 109-141

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    7 - Other academic search engines

    Pages 143-157

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    8 - A comparative analysis

    Pages 159-178

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    9 - Final remarks

    Pages 179-181

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    References

    Pages 183-192

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    Index

    Pages 193-198

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Academic Search Engines intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services. The objective is to describe the main characteristics of these engines, to highlight their advantages and drawbacks, and to discuss the implications of these new products in the future of scientific communication and their impact on the research measurement and evaluation. In short, Academic Search Engines presents a summary view of the new challenges that the Web set to the scientific activity through the most novel and innovative searching services available on the Web.

Academic Search Engines intends to run through the current panorama of the academic search engines through a quantitative approach that analyses the reliability and consistence of these services. The objective is to describe the main characteristics of these engines, to highlight their advantages and drawbacks, and to discuss the implications of these new products in the future of scientific communication and their impact on the research measurement and evaluation. In short, Academic Search Engines presents a summary view of the new challenges that the Web set to the scientific activity through the most novel and innovative searching services available on the Web.

Key Features

  • This is the first approach to analyze search engines exclusively addressed to the research community in an integrative handbook. The novelty, expectation and usefulness of many of these services justify their analysis
  • This book is not merely a description of the web functionalities of these services; it is a scientific review of the most outstanding characteristics of each platform, discussing their significance to the scholarly communication and research evaluation
  • This book introduces an original methodology based on a quantitative analysis of the covered data through the extensive use of crawlers and harvesters which allow going in depth into how these engines are working. Beside of this, a detailed descriptive review of their functionalities and a critical discussion about their use for scientific community is displayed
  • This is the first approach to analyze search engines exclusively addressed to the research community in an integrative handbook. The novelty, expectation and usefulness of many of these services justify their analysis
  • This book is not merely a description of the web functionalities of these services; it is a scientific review of the most outstanding characteristics of each platform, discussing their significance to the scholarly communication and research evaluation
  • This book introduces an original methodology based on a quantitative analysis of the covered data through the extensive use of crawlers and harvesters which allow going in depth into how these engines are working. Beside of this, a detailed descriptive review of their functionalities and a critical discussion about their use for scientific community is displayed

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ISBN

978-1-84334-791-0

Language

English

Published

2014

Copyright

Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Imprint

Chandos Publishing

Authors

José Luis Ortega