The paradoxes of bibliometric tools
Journal: Scientific and Technical Libraries
Year: 2018

The authors argue that bibliometrics has become the most important instrument to assess scientific and research activities. However, the information resources often fail to supply correct bibliometric data. Some paradoxes of data retrieval in several bibliometric information systems are examined. Within the RSCI system, the works published before the authors were born sometimes are included into their publication lists. Within the Scopus system, when calculating Hirsch index, we found that for s