A systematic analysis of duplicate records in Scopus

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Highlights：

• We perform a systematic analysis of the problem of duplicate records in Scopus.

• In the seven journals included in the analysis, 12.4% of the records are duplicates.

• Most duplicate records are due to orthographic differences in journal titles.

• Journal name changes and title variations also play a role.

摘要

•We perform a systematic analysis of the problem of duplicate records in Scopus.•In the seven journals included in the analysis, 12.4% of the records are duplicates.•Most duplicate records are due to orthographic differences in journal titles.•Journal name changes and title variations also play a role.

论文关键词：Bibliographic control guidelines,Bibliometric indicators overdimensionalized,Duplicate records,Indexing errors,Scopus database

论文评审过程：Received 23 December 2014, Revised 11 May 2015, Accepted 11 May 2015, Available online 18 June 2015, Version of Record 18 June 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.05.002