#Crossref as a bibliographic #discovery tool in the arts and #humanities
Quantitative Science Studies | MIT Press
#discoverytools #indexes #DOI #metadata
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"Our study explores the coverage of Crossref for tracking literature in the arts and humanities, which usually has a national or regional focus and targets domestic audiences. An analysis of the coverage of ERIH PLUS #journals shows that #Crossref indexes more sources than #Scopus and includes additional journals from Eastern and Southern Europe and the Global South.
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#Crossref limitations arise when analysing the amount of metadata deposited by #publishers. Just two thirds of the journals deposit abstracts and #ORCIDs and around a third deposit affiliations. The level of #metadata completion for individual articles is lower, with major differences depending on the language of the document. Just half of the #journals actually deposit references.
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As a result, #Scopus retrieves more #citations than #Crossref, except for #publications in German and French. Crossref represents a promising bibliographic #discovery tool in the arts and #humanities, but is in need of improvement regarding the level of #metadata completion."
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