Purpose – To identify the pros and the cons of Google Scholar. Design/methodology/approach – Chronicles the recent history of the Google Scholar search engine from its inception in November 2004 and critiques it with regard to its merits and demerits. Findings – Feels that there are massive content omissions presently but that, with future changes in its structure, Google Scholar will become an...

background citation analysis as one of the most widely used methods of bibliometrics can be used for computing the various impact measures for scholars based on data from citation databases. journal citation reports (jcr) from thomson reuters provides annual report in the form of impact factor (if) for each journal. objectives we aimed to evaluate the citation parameters of hepatitis monthly by...

Limitations of impact indices to compare scholars across disciplines and time based only the number of publications and citations are discussed. The S-index, based on more comprehensive scholar impact factors, is proposed.

Entity categorization – the process of grouping entities into categories for some specific purpose – is an important problem with a great many applications, such as Google Scholar and Amazon products. Unfortunately, many real-world categories contain mis-categorized entities, such as publications in one’s Google Scholar page that are published by the others. We have proposed a general framework...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to revisit Google Scholar. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Google Scholar. Findings – The Google Books project has given a massive and valuable boost to the already rich and diverse content of Google Scholar. The downside of the growth is that significant gaps remain for top ranking journals and serials, a...