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7 months ago in Academic Publishing By Rinku

Why does google scholar say i have 50 citations but scopus says 12?

I just checked my latest paper and Google Scholar says 50 citations. Scopus says 12. Which one is lying to me?

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By Himanshu Answered 2 months ago

Neither, really—they're just counting differently. Google Scholar is the vacuum cleaner of academic search. It pulls in anything that looks like research: preprints, theses, random PDFs from university servers. You get quantity. Scopus and Web of Science are bouncers at an exclusive club. They only let in peer-reviewed journals they've vetted. You get quality control. So 50 is your broad impact. 12 is your impact in the formal, indexed literature. Both are useful; just know what you're looking at.

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