SIGIR: scholar vs. scholars' interpretation

Google Scholar allows researchers to search through a free and extensive source of information on scientific publications. In this paper we show that within the limited context of SIGIR proceedings, the rankings created by Google Scholar are both significantly different and very negatively correlated with those of domain experts. Categories and Subject Descriptors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: SIGIR
• Authors: James Lanagan, Alan F. Smeaton
• Keywords: Google Scholar, Information Management, Scholar Allows Researchers, SIGIR 2010, SIGIR Proceedings