Large-scale analysis of the accuracy of the journal classification systems of Web of Science and Scopus

• Published in: Journal of informetrics Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 347 - 364
• Main Authors: Wang, Qi, Waltman, Ludo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Bibliographic database; Citation analysis; Journal classification system; Scopus; Web of Science; Web of Science; Journal classification system; Bibliographic database; Citation analysis; Scopus

•We examine the accuracy of the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus journal classification systems.•We define two criteria based on direct citation relations between journals and categories.•WoS is significantly more accurate than Scopus according to Criterion I.•WoS and Scopus both perform well accordi...