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20202025
most citedReference Coverage Analysis of OpenAlex compared to Web of Science and Scopus

131 citations

9 papers

cs.DL2025★ 6 cited

Estimating transformative agreement impact on hybrid open access: A comparative large-scale study using Scopus, Web of Science and open metadata

Najko Jahn

This study compares open metadata from hoaddata, an openly available dataset based on Crossref, OpenAlex and the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool, with proprietary bibliometric dat…

cs.DL2024★ 20 cited

Analysis of the Publication and Document Types in OpenAlex, Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and Semantic Scholar

Nick Haupka, Jack H. Culbert, Alexander Schniedermann +2

The assignment of document and publication types in scholarly databases plays an important role in bibliometrics, for example in decision-making or university rankings. However, sc…

cs.DL2024★ 20 cited

How open are hybrid journals included in transformative agreements?

Najko Jahn

The ongoing controversy surrounding transformative agreements, which aim to transition subscription-based journal publishing to full open access, highlights the need for large-scal…

cs.DL2024★ 131 cited

Reference Coverage Analysis of OpenAlex compared to Web of Science and Scopus

Jack Culbert, Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn +4

OpenAlex is a promising open source of scholarly metadata, and competitor to established proprietary sources, such as the Web of Science and Scopus. As OpenAlex provides its data f…

cs.DL2022★ 4 cited

Understanding differences of the OA uptake within the German university landscape (2010-2020). Part 1: journal-based OA

Niels Taubert, Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn +2

This study investigates the determinants for the uptake of Full and Hybrid Open Access (OA) in the university landscape of Germany. It adapts the governance equaliser as a heuristi…

cs.DL2021★ 9 cited

No Deal: Investigating the Influence of Restricted Access to Elsevier Journals on German Researchers' Publishing and Citing Behaviours

Nicholas Fraser, Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn +2

In 2014, a union of German research organisations established Projekt DEAL, a national-level project to negotiate licensing agreements with large scientific publishers. Negotiation…