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| Title |
Google Scholar as replacement for systematic literature searches: good relative recall and precision are not enough
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-13-131 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin Boeker, Werner Vach, Edith Motschall |
| Abstract |
Recent research indicates a high recall in Google Scholar searches for systematic reviews. These reports raised high expectations of Google Scholar as a unified and easy to use search interface. However, studies on the coverage of Google Scholar rarely used the search interface in a realistic approach but instead merely checked for the existence of gold standard references. In addition, the severe limitations of the Google Search interface must be taken into consideration when comparing with professional literature retrieval tools.The objectives of this work are to measure the relative recall and precision of searches with Google Scholar under conditions which are derived from structured search procedures conventional in scientific literature retrieval; and to provide an overview of current advantages and disadvantages of the Google Scholar search interface in scientific literature retrieval. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 125 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 32 | 26% |
| United States | 16 | 13% |
| Canada | 7 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 5% |
| France | 5 | 4% |
| Spain | 4 | 3% |
| Ireland | 3 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 33 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 73 | 58% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 23 | 18% |
| Scientists | 20 | 16% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 312 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 2% |
| Spain | 6 | 2% |
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 280 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 17% |
| Librarian | 46 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 13% |
| Researcher | 31 | 10% |
| Professor | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 68 | 22% |
| Unknown | 56 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 48 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 47 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 43 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Engineering | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 77 | 25% |
| Unknown | 66 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 121. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 November 2022.
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#351,320
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Outputs from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#22
of 2,310 outputs
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#2,652
of 225,775 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Research Methodology
#2
of 30 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,310 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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