{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1900399044","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000615594867","title":"Why do papers have many Mendeley readers but few Scopus-indexed citations and vice versa?","display_name":"Why do papers have many Mendeley readers but few Scopus-indexed citations and vice versa?","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-07-14","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1900399044","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000615594867","mag":"1900399044"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0961000615594867","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000615594867","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115019648","display_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","issn_l":"0961-0006","issn":["0961-0006","1741-6477"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620545","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034823602","display_name":"Mike Thelwall","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-205X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I119664326","display_name":"University of Wolverhampton","ror":"https://ror.org/01k2y1055","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mike Thelwall","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Wolverhampton, UK","[University of Wolverhampton, UK]"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Wolverhampton, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[University of Wolverhampton, UK]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5034823602"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.6089,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":46,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97477202,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"49","issue":"2","first_page":"144","last_page":"151"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13976","display_name":"Web visibility and informetrics","score":0.9484000205993652,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scopus","display_name":"Scopus","score":0.8672010898590088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation","display_name":"Citation","score":0.7985727190971375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6235170364379883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation-analysis","display_name":"Citation analysis","score":0.4659118950366974},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation-impact","display_name":"Citation impact","score":0.4529688060283661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/web-of-science","display_name":"Web of science","score":0.4353882670402527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.3558417856693268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.3516010642051697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3139652907848358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medline","display_name":"MEDLINE","score":0.13756614923477173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.0892280638217926}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83867959","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371467","display_name":"Scopus","level":3,"score":0.8672010898590088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778805511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1713","display_name":"Citation","level":2,"score":0.7985727190971375},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6235170364379883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105345328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206276","display_name":"Citation analysis","level":3,"score":0.4659118950366974},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778793908","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5122404","display_name":"Citation impact","level":3,"score":0.4529688060283661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3020774429","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1201886","display_name":"Web of science","level":3,"score":0.4353882670402527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.3558417856693268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3516010642051697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3139652907848358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779473830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899","display_name":"MEDLINE","level":2,"score":0.13756614923477173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0892280638217926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0961000615594867","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000615594867","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S115019648","display_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","issn_l":"0961-0006","issn":["0961-0006","1741-6477"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.705.720","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.705.720","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/%7Ecm1993/papers/MendeleyOutliersPreprint.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:wlv.openrepository.com:2436/620545","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620545","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401000","display_name":"Wolverhampton Intellectual Repository and E-Theses (University of Wolverhampton)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I119664326","host_organization_name":"University of Wolverhampton","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"49","raw_type":"Journal article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:wlv.openrepository.com:2436/620545","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620545","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401000","display_name":"Wolverhampton Intellectual Repository and E-Theses (University of Wolverhampton)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I119664326","host_organization_name":"University of Wolverhampton","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I119664326"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"49","raw_type":"Journal article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.699999988079071}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1787616468","https://openalex.org/W1904486621","https://openalex.org/W1965964177","https://openalex.org/W1971087125","https://openalex.org/W1976395435","https://openalex.org/W1995893870","https://openalex.org/W1998040366","https://openalex.org/W1999636793","https://openalex.org/W2038032083","https://openalex.org/W2042852414","https://openalex.org/W2046301960","https://openalex.org/W2054174667","https://openalex.org/W2073023209","https://openalex.org/W2083714175","https://openalex.org/W2088209891","https://openalex.org/W2088858100","https://openalex.org/W2133129817","https://openalex.org/W2143612877","https://openalex.org/W2150455238","https://openalex.org/W2157485171","https://openalex.org/W2164277894","https://openalex.org/W2168532836","https://openalex.org/W2169420254","https://openalex.org/W2318980952","https://openalex.org/W2912512198","https://openalex.org/W3100944201","https://openalex.org/W3101042272","https://openalex.org/W3130540911","https://openalex.org/W4233311391"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3014835053","https://openalex.org/W2120516750","https://openalex.org/W2968486945","https://openalex.org/W1598512166","https://openalex.org/W2123411730","https://openalex.org/W2080222100","https://openalex.org/W3123223761","https://openalex.org/W4389262224","https://openalex.org/W2793174271","https://openalex.org/W4301325890"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Counts":[0],"of":[1,11,29,32,42,44,72,74,104,159,170,173],"citations":[2],"to":[3,26,59,168],"academic":[4],"articles":[5,105],"are":[6,107,123],"widely":[7],"used":[8,85],"as":[9,88],"indicators":[10,18],"their":[12],"scholarly":[13],"impact.":[14],"In":[15,90],"addition,":[16],"alternative":[17],"derived":[19],"from":[20],"social":[21,49],"websites":[22],"have":[23,111],"been":[24],"proposed":[25],"cover":[27],"some":[28],"the":[30,48,132,157,160,171,179],"shortcomings":[31],"citation":[33,65],"counts.":[34],"The":[35,118,152],"most":[36],"promising":[37],"such":[38],"indicator":[39],"is":[40,77,181],"counts":[41,57,66,82],"readers":[43],"an":[45,70,102,174],"article":[46,93,175],"in":[47,144],"reference":[50],"sharing":[51],"site":[52],"Mendeley.":[53,151],"Although":[54],"Mendeley":[55,80,113],"reader":[56,81,165],"tend":[58],"correlate":[60],"strongly":[61],"and":[62,126,176],"positively":[63],"with":[64,86,131],"within":[67],"scientific":[68],"fields,":[69],"understanding":[71],"causes":[73],"citation-reader":[75],"anomalies":[76,99],"needed":[78],"before":[79],"can":[83],"be":[84],"confidence":[87],"indicators.":[89],"response,":[91],"this":[92],"proposes":[94],"a":[95,182,186],"list":[96],"reasons":[97,128],"for":[98,129,185],"based":[100],"upon":[101],"analysis":[103],"that":[106,121,136,156],"highly":[108],"cited":[109],"but":[110,139],"few":[112],"readers,":[114],"or":[115,147],"vice":[116],"versa.":[117],"results":[119,153],"show":[120],"there":[122],"both":[124],"technical":[125],"legitimate":[127],"differences,":[130],"latter":[133],"including":[134],"communities":[135],"use":[137,150],"research":[138],"do":[140,148],"not":[141,149],"cite":[142],"it":[143],"Scopus-indexed":[145],"publications":[146],"also":[154],"suggest":[155],"lower":[158],"two":[161],"values":[162],"(citation":[163],"counts,":[164],"counts)":[166],"tends":[167],"underestimate":[169],"impact":[172,188],"so":[177],"taking":[178],"maximum":[180],"reasonable":[183],"strategy":[184],"combined":[187],"indicator.":[189]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-05T06:06:40.768181","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}