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Web of Science and Scopus are not global databases of knowledge

Jonathan P. Tennant

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Both Web of Science and Scopus are critical components of the current research ecosystem, providing the basis for university and global rankings as well as for bibliometric research. However, both platforms are structurally biased against research produced in non-Western countries, non-English language research, and research from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. This viewpoint emphasizes the damage that these systematic inequities inflict upon global knowledge production systems and the need for research funders to unite to form a more globally representative, non-profit, community-controlled infrastructure for the global pool of research knowledge.

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Academies and learned societies Bibliography. Library science. Information resources

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Jonathan P. Tennant

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Tennant, J.P. (2020). Web of Science and Scopus are not global databases of knowledge. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e51987

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Tahun Terbit: 2020
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.3897/ese.2020.e51987
Akses: Open Access ✓