How the Web of Science confused two different journals with the same title for many years: the case of the "Journal of Public Relations Research”

Authors

  • Kathy Matilla Universidad Ramon Llull
  • Marc Compte-Pujol Universidad de Vic - Universidad Central de Cataluña
  • Salvador Hernández Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2016.2.1332

Keywords:

Bibliometrics, South Korea, Journal Citations Reports (JCR), Journal of Public Relations Research, public relations, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Thomson Reuters, United States of America, Web of Science (WoS)

Abstract


A description of how a conspicuous anomaly in the Web of Science (WoS) database was detected. Beginning in 2002 the WoS randomly mistook and interspersed numerous articles from two different journals, one American and the other South Korean, both specialized in public relations and sharing the same title: Journal of Public Relations Research. The case is especially noteworthy since these are two publications written in very different languages (English and Korean), with different ISSN numbers and editorial outlooks, and whose respective volumes share neither authors nor content.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Matilla, K., Compte-Pujol, M., & Hernández, S. (2016). How the Web of Science confused two different journals with the same title for many years: the case of the "Journal of Public Relations Research”. Revista Española De Documentación Científica, 39(2), e132. https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2016.2.1332

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