Web of Science and Scopus are not global databases of knowledge
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 langu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association of Science Editors
2020-10-01
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| Series: | European Science Editing |
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| Online Access: | https://ese.arphahub.com/article/51987/download/pdf/ |
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| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 2518-3354 |