An analysis of the suitability of OpenAlex for bibliometric analyses
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| author | Alperin, Juan Pablo Portenoy, Jason Demes, Kyle Larivière, Vincent Haustein, Stefanie |
| author_facet | Alperin, Juan Pablo Portenoy, Jason Demes, Kyle Larivière, Vincent Haustein, Stefanie |
| contents | Scopus and the Web of Science have been the foundation for research in the science of science even though these traditional databases systematically underrepresent certain disciplines and world regions. In response, new inclusive databases, notably OpenAlex, have emerged. While many studies have begun using OpenAlex as a data source, few critically assess its limitations. This study, conducted in collaboration with the OpenAlex team, addresses this gap by comparing OpenAlex to Scopus across a number of dimensions. The analysis concludes that OpenAlex is a superset of Scopus and can be a reliable alternative for some analyses, particularly at the country level. Despite this, issues of metadata accuracy and completeness show that additional research is needed to fully comprehend and address OpenAlex's limitations. Doing so will be necessary to confidently use OpenAlex across a wider set of analyses, including those that are not at all possible with more constrained databases. |
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| spellingShingle | An analysis of the suitability of OpenAlex for bibliometric analyses Alperin, Juan Pablo Portenoy, Jason Demes, Kyle Larivière, Vincent Haustein, Stefanie Digital Libraries Scopus and the Web of Science have been the foundation for research in the science of science even though these traditional databases systematically underrepresent certain disciplines and world regions. In response, new inclusive databases, notably OpenAlex, have emerged. While many studies have begun using OpenAlex as a data source, few critically assess its limitations. This study, conducted in collaboration with the OpenAlex team, addresses this gap by comparing OpenAlex to Scopus across a number of dimensions. The analysis concludes that OpenAlex is a superset of Scopus and can be a reliable alternative for some analyses, particularly at the country level. Despite this, issues of metadata accuracy and completeness show that additional research is needed to fully comprehend and address OpenAlex's limitations. Doing so will be necessary to confidently use OpenAlex across a wider set of analyses, including those that are not at all possible with more constrained databases. |
| title | An analysis of the suitability of OpenAlex for bibliometric analyses |
| topic | Digital Libraries |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17663 |