# Google Scholar to overshadow them all? Comparing the sizes of 12 academic search engines and bibliographic databases

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/google-scholar-to-overshadow-them-all-comparing-the-sizes-of-12-academic-search/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Michael Gusenbauer |
| Citations | 686 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11192-018-2958-5 |
| Fields | Computer Science,Decision Sciences |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11192-018-2958-5.pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2900201388 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2018 |

## Paper authors

- [Michael Gusenbauer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/michael-gusenbauer/)

## Paper journal

- [Scientometrics](https://scholariq.org/journals/scientometrics/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Web visibility and informetrics](https://scholariq.org/topics/web-visibility-and-informetrics/)

## Paper topics

- [Web visibility and informetrics](https://scholariq.org/topics/web-visibility-and-informetrics/)
- [scientometrics and bibliometrics research](https://scholariq.org/topics/scientometrics-and-bibliometrics-research/)
- [Web Data Mining and Analysis](https://scholariq.org/topics/web-data-mining-and-analysis/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.