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Contemporary problems in reporting the effectiveness of scientific results – Scopus, Web of Science and the national citation indexes
Contemporary problems in reporting the effectiveness of scientific results – Scopus, Web of Science and the national citation indexes

Author(s): Olya Harizanova, Anna Angelova, Bilyana Yavrukova
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Information Architecture, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: Библиотекарско друштво Србије
Keywords: databases; citations; references; national citation index; social sciences;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the evaluation of scientific publications of Bulgarian scientists. The current problems in journal indexing in the field of social sciences and humanities in the most popular databases are discussed. There is emphasized the necessity to be established a national citation index for increasing the visibility of scientific results and for improving the quality of scientific publications through criteria relevant to the practice. The national citation index is highlight as a reliable tool for assessing the scientific results of Bulgarian scientists.

  • Issue Year: LXI/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-22
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English