Abstract
In the context of a comprehensive Microsoft Academic (MA) study, we explored in an initial step the quality of linked references data in MA in comparison with Web of Science (WoS). Linked references are the backbone of bibliometrics, because they are the basis of the times cited information in citation indexes. We found that the concordance of linked references between MA and WoS ranges from weak to nonexistent for the full sample (publications of the University of Zurich with less than 50 linked references in MA). An analysis with a sample restricted to less than 50 linked references in WoS showed a strong agreement between linked references in MA and WoS.
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Haunschild, R., Hug, S.E., Brändle, M.P. et al. The number of linked references of publications in Microsoft Academic in comparison with the Web of Science. Scientometrics 114, 367–370 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2567-8
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