A Criteria-based Assessment of the Coverage of Scopus and Web of Science
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2019-0001
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Coverage of 2015 and 2016 publications by domain, total all publication types, Scopus and Web of Science.
| WoS Core Collection | N (total number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scopus | SCIE/SSCI/AHCI | CPCI | BKCI | ESCI | Total | of publications) | |
| Humanities | 27% | 15% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 23% | 5,067 |
| Medicine & health | 89% | 82% | 0% | 0% | 5% | 87% | 12,879 |
| Natural sci & tech | 85% | 66% | 15% | 0% | 2% | 84% | 18,223 |
| Social sciences | 48% | 27% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 40% | 9,803 |
| Total | 72% | 56% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 69% | 45,972 |
Coverage of 2015 and 2016 journal publications by discipline, Scopus and Web of Science
| Domain | Discipline | % in journals / series | % in English language | % cov. Scopus | % cov. WoS: SCIE/SSCI & AHCI | % cov. WoS: Core collect. | N (no. journal pub.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities | Architecture and Design | 65 % | 85 % | 71 % | 36 % | 59 % | 136 |
| English Studies | 61 % | 100 % | 61 % | 26 % | 32 % | 31 | |
| Media and Communication | 47 % | 80 % | 60 % | 26 % | 55 % | 221 | |
| Philosophy and History of Ideas | 63 % | 68 % | 57 % | 43 % | 55 % | 225 | |
| History | 42 % | 57 % | 54 % | 31 % | 41 % | 215 | |
| Linguistics | 61 % | 84 % | 48 % | 38 % | 46 % | 304 | |
| Archaeology and Conservation | 61 % | 64 % | 47 % | 36 % | 39 % | 209 | |
| Art History | 62 % | 53 % | 47 % | 29 % | 33 % | 45 | |
| Asian and African Studies | 65 % | 76 % | 45 % | 35 % | 44 % | 66 | |
| Musicology | 63 % | 77 % | 40 % | 35 % | 40 % | 124 | |
| Theology and religion | 52 % | 56 % | 36 % | 15 % | 25 % | 421 | |
| Slavonic Studies | 74 % | 70 % | 35 % | 30 % | 45 % | 40 | |
| Theatre and Drama | 46 % | 69 % | 31 % | 31 % | 46 % | 26 | |
| Literature | 60 % | 44 % | 25 % | 21 % | 25 % | 223 | |
| Ethnology | 56 % | 63 % | 18 % | 8 % | 17 % | 103 | |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | 63 % | 75 % | 18 % | 12 % | 20 % | 239 | |
| Scandinavian Studies | 49 % | 17 % | 17 % | 6 % | 9 % | 161 | |
| Medicine & health | Anaesthesia, Emergency and Intensive Care | 98 % | 98 % | 100 % | 92 % | 100 % | 189 |
| Dermatology and Venerology | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 95 % | 100 % | 56 | |
| Geriatrics | 96 % | 99 % | 100 % | 86 % | 95 % | 110 | |
| Gynecology and Obstetrics | 99 % | 100 % | 100 % | 98 % | 100 % | 326 | |
| Haematology | 99 % | 100 % | 100 % | 98 % | 99 % | 90 | |
| Nephrology | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 88 % | 97 % | 68 | |
| Pediatrics | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 99 % | 100 % | 135 | |
| Rheumatology | 99 % | 100 % | 100 % | 98 % | 98 % | 219 | |
| Oncology | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 97 % | 99 % | 778 | |
| Biomedicine | 98 % | 100 % | 99 % | 96 % | 98 % | 1769 | |
| Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 99 % | 100 % | 99 % | 97 % | 100 % | 234 | |
| Neurology | 97 % | 100 % | 99 % | 95 % | 98 % | 772 | |
| Surgical Sciences | 99 % | 100 % | 98 % | 89 % | 98 % | 368 | |
| Endocrinology | 99 % | 100 % | 98 % | 94 % | 99 % | 253 | |
| Surgical Sciences | 99 % | 100 % | 98 % | 89 % | 98 % | 368 | |
| Endocrinology | 99 % | 100 % | 98 % | 94 % | 99 % | 253 | |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 100 % | 100 % | 96 % | 91 % | 96 % | 55 | |
| Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems | 100 % | 99 % | 96 % | 91 % | 97 % | 674 | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 99 % | 96 % | 96 % | 91 % | 94 % | 540 | |
| Psychiatry | 92 % | 96 % | 95 % | 90 % | 95 % | 553 | |
| Infections | 100 % | 100 % | 95 % | 97 % | 99 % | 170 | |
| Public, Environmental and Occupational Health | 92 % | 96 % | 94 % | 86 % | 91 % | 1502 | |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imag. | 94 % | 99 % | 94 % | 86 % | 98 % | 149 | |
| Veterinary Medicine | 94 % | 95 % | 92 % | 91 % | 91 % | 193 | |
| General Medicine | 98 % | 74 % | 91 % | 60 % | 86 % | 574 | |
| Sport Sciences | 86 % | 99 % | 86 % | 76 % | 84 % | 397 | |
| Psychology | 85 % | 87 % | 80 % | 72 % | 76 % | 1161 | |
| Dentistry | 100 % | 81 % | 75 % | 71 % | 74 % | 226 | |
| Nursing | 86 % | 76 % | 64 % | 49 % | 57 % | 605 | |
| Mechanical engineering | Mechanical engineering | 85 % | 100 % | 99 % | 68 % | 83 % | 248 |
| Chemistry | 98 % | 100 % | 99 % | 97 % | 98 % | 811 | |
| Earth sciences | 94 % | 100 % | 98 % | 94 % | 96 % | 2310 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 93 % | 100 % | 98 % | 82 % | 98 % | 299 | |
| Physics | 98 % | 100 % | 97 % | 84 % | 95 % | 1380 | |
| Electronics and cybernetics | 78 % | 100 % | 96 % | 57 % | 96 % | 728 | |
| Marine Technology | 85 % | 100 % | 95 % | 35 % | 67 % | 506 | |
| Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences | 98 % | 99 % | 95 % | 92 % | 94 % | 1377 | |
| Biology | 94 % | 98 % | 95 % | 85 % | 88 % | 2956 | |
| Mathematics | 92 % | 100 % | 95 % | 85 % | 93 % | 870 | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 92 % | 100 % | 95 % | 64 % | 89 % | 613 | |
| Biotechnology | 92 % | 100 % | 95 % | 92 % | 92 % | 226 | |
| Applied geology, petroleum science and engineering | 90 % | 100 % | 94 % | 83 % | 95 % | 192 | |
| Energy | 89 % | 100 % | 94 % | 54 % | 93 % | 687 | |
| Computer and information science, Computer | 68 % | 100 % | 94 % | 12 % | 82 % | 834 | |
| engineering Environmental technology and industrial ecology | 93 % | 96 % | 93 % | 87 % | 91 % | 318 | |
| Civil Engineering | 80 % | 100 % | 90 % | 76 % | 92 % | 378 | |
| Multidisciplinary technology | 71 % | 100 % | 90 % | 63 % | 85 % | 194 | |
| Electric power engineering | 60 % | 100 % | 83 % | 68 % | 83 % | 150 | |
| Industrial engineering and management | 92 % | 90 % | 82 % | 22 % | 82 % | 78 | |
| General Technology | 87 % | 99 % | 78 % | 24 % | 66 % | 380 | |
| Informatics | 79 % | 98 % | 74 % | 30 % | 75 % | 790 | |
| Networks and network-based services | 76 % | 99 % | 73 % | 35 % | 86 % | 132 | |
| Social sciences | Development Studies | 75 % | 100 % | 95 % | 63 % | 88 % | 153 |
| Geography | 59 % | 93 % | 88 % | 76 % | 85 % | 419 | |
| Anthropology | 52 % | 82 % | 85 % | 41 % | 66 % | 168 | |
| Economics | 85 % | 93 % | 82 % | 73 % | 83 % | 618 | |
| Library and Information Science | 84 % | 97 % | 81 % | 51 % | 61 % | 183 | |
| Political Science | 52 % | 87 % | 79 % | 53 % | 73 % | 597 | |
| Business and Finance | 77 % | 89 % | 74 % | 44 % | 68 % | 1072 | |
| Sociology | 67 % | 86 % | 74 % | 45 % | 71 % | 348 | |
| Social Work | 82 % | 76 % | 68 % | 39 % | 55 % | 507 | |
| Gender Studies | 52 % | 68 % | 62 % | 35 % | 53 % | 68 | |
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | 71 % | 71 % | 45 % | 14 % | 44 % | 589 | |
| Education and Educational Research | 54 % | 67 % | 45 % | 25 % | 42 % | 1115 | |
| Law | 45 % | 57 % | 28 % | 13 % | 22 % | 423 |
Coverage in Scopus and Web of Science of 2015 and 2016 publications by discipline (with > 50 publications in the period)
| Domain | Discipline | Scopus | WoS: SCIE/ SSCI & AHCI | WoS: Core collection | N (publications) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities | Architecture and Design | 54 % | 23 % | 42 % | 210 |
| English Studies | 51 % | 16 % | 22 % | 51 | |
| Philosophy and History of Ideas | 41 % | 27 % | 37 % | 359 | |
| Asian and African Studies | 37 % | 23 % | 30 % | 101 | |
| Media and Communication | 34 % | 12 % | 28 % | 470 | |
| Art History | 33 % | 18 % | 21 % | 73 | |
| Linguistics | 33 % | 23 % | 30 % | 497 | |
| Archaeology and Conservation | 30 % | 22 % | 24 % | 345 | |
| Musicology | 30 % | 22 % | 31 % | 196 | |
| Slavonic Studies | 28 % | 22 % | 35 % | 54 | |
| History | 26 % | 13 % | 20 % | 518 | |
| Theology and religion | 22 % | 8 % | 15 % | 811 | |
| Literature | 19 % | 13 % | 16 % | 374 | |
| Theatre and Drama | 18 % | 14 % | 21 % | 57 | |
| Ethnology | 13 % | 4 % | 13 % | 184 | |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | 12 % | 8 % | 14 % | 377 | |
| Scandinavian Studies | 11 % | 3 % | 5 % | 331 | |
| Medicine & health | Dermatology and Venerology | 100 % | 95 % | 100 % | 56 |
| Nephrology | 100 % | 88 % | 97 % | 68 | |
| Pediatrics | 100 % | 99 % | 100 % | 135 | |
| Oncology | 100 % | 96 % | 99 % | 781 | |
| Gynecology and Obstetrics | 99 % | 97 % | 99 % | 328 | |
| Rheumatology | 99 % | 97 % | 97 % | 221 | |
| Haematology | 99 % | 97 % | 98 % | 91 | |
| Biomedicine | 98 % | 94 % | 97 % | 1801 | |
| Anaesthesia, Emergency and Intensive Care | 98 % | 90 % | 98 % | 193 | |
| Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 98 % | 96 % | 99 % | 237 | |
| Surgical Sciences | 98 % | 88 % | 98 % | 371 | |
| Endocrinology | 98 % | 94 % | 99 % | 255 | |
| Geriatrics | 97 % | 83 % | 94 % | 114 | |
| Neurology | 97 % | 92 % | 96 % | 795 | |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 96 % | 91 % | 96 % | 55 | |
| Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems | 96 % | 91 % | 97 % | 675 | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | 95 % | 91 % | 94 % | 543 | |
| Infections | 95 % | 97 % | 99 % | 170 | |
| General Medicine | 90 % | 59 % | 85 % | 584 | |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Med Imaging | 89 % | 81 % | 93 % | 158 | |
| Psychiatry | 88 % | 83 % | 88 % | 600 | |
| Veterinary Medicine | 87 % | 86 % | 86 % | 205 | |
| Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 87 % | 79 % | 84 % | 1636 | |
| Sport Sciences | 77 % | 65 % | 73 % | 464 | |
| Dentistry | 75 % | 70 % | 74 % | 227 | |
| Psychology | 71 % | 62 % | 66 % | 1360 | |
| Nursing | 55 % | 42 % | 49 % | 705 | |
| Natural sciences & technology | Chemistry | 98 % | 95 % | 96 % | 827 |
| Physics | 95 % | 82 % | 93 % | 1412 | |
| Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences | 94 % | 90 % | 92 % | 1402 | |
| Earth sciences | 93 % | 88 % | 91 % | 2459 | |
| Biology | 92 % | 80 % | 84 % | 3130 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 91 % | 76 % | 92 % | 322 | |
| Biotechnology | 89 % | 85 % | 87 % | 245 | |
| Materials Science and Engineering | 89 % | 59 % | 84 % | 665 | |
| Environmental technology and industrial ecology | 88 % | 81 % | 85 % | 342 | |
| Mathematics | 88 % | 78 % | 87 % | 950 | |
| Applied geology, petroleum science and engineering | 85 % | 75 % | 87 % | 213 | |
| Energy | 84 % | 48 % | 87 % | 773 | |
| Mechanical engineering | 84 % | 58 % | 78 % | 293 | |
| Marine Technology | 83 % | 30 % | 58 % | 596 | |
| Industrial engineering and management | 78 % | 20 % | 76 % | 85 | |
| Electronics and cybernetics | 76 % | 45 % | 89 % | 929 | |
| Civil Engineering | 75 % | 61 % | 76 % | 473 | |
| Multidisciplinary technology | 70 % | 45 % | 63 % | 273 | |
| General Technology | 69 % | 21 % | 61 % | 439 | |
| Computer & information science, Computer engineering | 64 % | 8 % | 70 % | 1228 | |
| Informatics | 59 % | 24 % | 69 % | 1004 | |
| Networks and network based services | 56 % | 27 % | 81 % | 173 | |
| Electric power engineering | 51 % | 41 % | 71 % | 249 | |
| Social sciences | Development Studies | 79 % | 47 % | 72 % | 205 |
| Economics | 72 % | 62 % | 72 % | 727 | |
| Library and Information Science | 69 % | 42 % | 52 % | 219 | |
| Geography | 63 % | 45 % | 54 % | 710 | |
| Business and Finance | 62 % | 34 % | 54 % | 1391 | |
| Social Work | 57 % | 32 % | 45 % | 617 | |
| Sociology | 55 % | 30 % | 49 % | 520 | |
| Political Science | 55 % | 28 % | 42 % | 1152 | |
| Anthropology | 53 % | 21 % | 36 % | 325 | |
| Gender Studies | 38 % | 18 % | 30 % | 132 | |
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | 36 % | 10 % | 33 % | 834 | |
| Education and Educational Research | 29 % | 13 % | 24 % | 2060 | |
| Law | 20 % | 6 % | 12 % | 937 |