Open AccessScopus CiteScore and Clarivate Journal Citation Reports
Author(s) -
Lutishoor Salisbury
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the charleston advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-4011
pISSN - 1525-4003
DOI - 10.5260/chara.21.4.5
Subject(s) - scopus , citation , impact factor , quartile , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , information retrieval , library science , mathematics , statistics , political science , medline , law , confidence interval , computer network
This review compares Scopus CiteScore (free resource) and Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (subscription resource). It focuses on the similarities and differences in these two database(s) primarily their searching interfaces, elements included in the records; and the availability of useful help. It uses two sets of journals to compare their content; highlight their assignments in various categories; in quartiles within these categories; and their difference and similarities of their Impact Factor.