Google Académico en su apogeo. ¿Existen disciplinas todavía fuera de su alcance? Estudio de cobertura en el área de Arquitectura

Yáñez-Arca, Marcos Google Académico en su apogeo. ¿Existen disciplinas todavía fuera de su alcance? Estudio de cobertura en el área de Arquitectura., 2014 Trabajo Fin de Máster thesis, Universidade da Coruña. [Thesis]

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English abstract

Firstly, an analysis is carried out on the methodology used in more than fifty coverage studies of the scientific search engine Google Academic (GA). To this end, a classification of the different approaches is presented and the main problems of application to the scientific search engine are detected. Based on the conclusions obtained, a methodological proposal is elaborated, the result of which is an enriched version of the work of Neuhaus et al. (2006). Subsequently, the state of the question on the extension and depth of the GA index for the different scientific areas is presented. In the second part of the work, an analysis of coverage in the area of Architecture is carried out based on the proposed methodology. For this purpose, the Avery database is used as a reference. As a result, GA was found to have very low - but increasing - coverage rates for the Architecture area in the three periods studied: 19.53% (1950-1989), 30.99% (1990-2009) and 36.03% (2010-2014). Low quality records were also found, as well as a significant coverage imbalance by country. Causes and future trends are discussed.

Spanish abstract

Primeramente, se lleva a cabo un análisis sobre la metodología utilizada en más de medio centenar de estudios de cobertura del buscador científico Google Académico (GA). Para ello, se presenta una clasificación de los distintos enfoques y se detectan los principales problemas de aplicación sobre el buscador científico. En base a las conclusiones obtenidas se elabora una propuesta metodológica, cuyo resultado es una versión enriquecida del trabajo de Neuhaus et al. (2006). Posteriormente, se expone el estado de la cuestión sobre la extensión y profundidad del índice de GA para las distintas áreas científicas. En la segunda parte del trabajo se realiza un análisis de cobertura en el área de Arquitectura a partir de la metodología propuesta. Para ello se toma como referencia la base de datos Avery. Como resultado, se encontró que GA presenta tasas de cobertura muy bajas – aunque crecientes – para el área de Arquitectura en los tres períodos estudiados: 19,53% (1950-1989), 30,99% (1990-2009) y 36,03% (2010-2014). También se encontró una baja calidad de los registros, así como un desequilibrio de cobertura importante por países. Se discuten las causas y las posibles tendencias futuras.

Item type: Thesis (UNSPECIFIED)
Keywords: Estudios de cobertura; Google Académico; Arquitectura; Análisis de citas; Metodología; Coverage studies; Google Academic; Architecture; Citation analysis; Methodology
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information
B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
Depositing user: Marcos Yáñez
Date deposited: 19 Oct 2019 09:02
Last modified: 19 Oct 2019 09:02
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/39135

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