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LIBRARY JOURNAL ›› 2014, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 37-42.

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A Comparative Study on InCites and SciVal Spotlight as Subject Service Tools

Fu Jiajia, Pan Wei   

  • Online:2014-03-15 Published:2014-03-25

Abstract:

InCites and SciVal are two kinds of comprehensive scientific research evaluation tools. This article will make a comparative analysis between them from the perspectives of data sources, subject areas, functions, calculation methods and evaluation index. And it makes a further study of their respective advantages and disadvantages as subject service tools through empirical analysis.

Key words: InCites, SciVal Spotlight, Scientific research evaluation tools, Subject service