Un panorama académico de dos caras: retrato de los documentos altamente citados en Google Scholar (1950-2013)

Autores/as

  • Alberto Martín-Martín EC3 Research Group. Universidad de Granada
  • Enrique Orduna-Malea EC3 Research Group. Universitat Politècnica de València
  • Juan M. Ayllón EC3 Research Group. Universidad de Granada
  • Emilio Delgado López-Cózar EC3 Research Group. Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2016.4.1405

Palabras clave:

Google Scholar, motores de búsqueda académicos, documentos altamente citados, libros académicos, acceso abierto

Resumen


El principal objetivo de este trabajo es identificar el conjunto de documentos altamente citados en Google Scholar y definir sus características nucleares (tipología documental, idioma, disponibilidad en abierto, fuentes y número de versiones), bajo la hipótesis de que la amplia cobertura del buscador podría proporcionar un retrato diferente de este conjunto documental a la ofrecida por las bases de datos tradicionales. Para ello, se ha realizado una consulta por año (desde 1950 hasta 2013) identificando los 1000 documentos más citados y obteniendo una muestra final de 64.000 registros (el 40% de los cuales proporcionaban un enlace al texto completo). Los resultados muestran que el documento altamente citado “promedio” es un artículo de revista o libro (éstos constituyen el 62% del top 1% de los documentos más citados de la muestra), escrito en inglés (92.5%) y disponible online en PDF (86% de la muestra). Aun así, se debe indicar la existencia de errores especialmente en la detección de documentos duplicados y en la correcta vinculación de citas. En todo caso, la muestra manejada (documentos altamente citados) minimiza los efectos de dichas limitaciones. Dada la alta presencia de libros (manuales) y, en menor medida, de otras tipologías documentales (como congresos o informes), se concluye que Google Scholar ofrece una visión original y diferente del conjunto de documentos académicos más influyentes (medidos desde la perspectiva de la contabilización de citas), conformado no sólo por material estrictamente científico (artículos en revistas), sino académico en sentido amplio.

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2016-12-30

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Martín-Martín, A., Orduna-Malea, E., Ayllón, J. M., & Delgado López-Cózar, E. (2016). Un panorama académico de dos caras: retrato de los documentos altamente citados en Google Scholar (1950-2013). Revista Española De Documentación Científica, 39(4), e149. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2016.4.1405

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