October 18, 2021

Research Article: “Comprehensiveness of National Bibliographic Databases for Social Sciences and Humanities: Findings From a European Survey”

The following article was recently published by Research Evaluation, an Oxford University Press publication.

Title

Comprehensiveness of National Bibliographic Databases for Social Sciences and Humanities: Findings From a European Survey

Authors

Linda Sīle, Janne Pölönen, Gunnar Sivertsen, Raf Guns, Tim C E Engels, Pavel Arefiev, Marta Dušková, Lotte Faurbæk, András Holl, Emanuel Kulczycki, Bojan Macan, Gustaf Nelhans, Michal Petr, Marjeta Pisk, Sándor Soós, Jadranka Stojanovski, Ari Stone, Jaroslav Šušol, Ruth Teitelbaum

Source

Research Evaluation, rvy016
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvy016

Abstract

This article provides an overview of national bibliographic databases that include data on research output within social sciences and humanities (SSH) in Europe.

We focus on the comprehensiveness of the database content. Compared to the data from commercial databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, data from national bibliographic databases (e.g. Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the SSH (VABB-SHW) in Belgium, Current Research Information System in Norway (CRISTIN)) are more comprehensive and may, therefore, be better fit for bibliometric analyses. Acknowledging this, several countries within Europe maintain national bibliographic databases; detailed and comparative information about their content, however, has been limited.

In autumn 2016, we launched a survey to acquire an overview of national bibliographic databases for SSH in Europe and Israel. Surveying 41 countries (responses received from 39 countries), we identified 21 national bibliographic databases for SSH. Further, we acquired a more detailed description of 13 databases, with a focus on their comprehensiveness.

Findings indicate that even though the content of national bibliographic databases is diverse, it is possible to delineate a subset that is similar across databases. At the same time, it is apparent that differences in national bibliographic databases are often bound to differences in country-specific arrangements. Considering this, we highlight implications to bibliometric analyses based on data from national bibliographic databases and outline several aspects that may be taken into account in the development of existing national bibliographic databases for SSH or the design of new ones.

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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