Abstract
Review of: "Comparison of self-citation patterns in WoS and Scopus databases based on national scientific production in Slovenia (1996-2020)"
Highlights
The authors compare the presence of self-citations in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus according to the scientific production in Slovenia
The suggestion would be to abandon p-value to replace it with measures that estimate the size of an effect, and to accompany such measurement with confidence intervals, that provides a degree of uncertainty and are very informative
The authors started from the authority control systems they have available in Slovenia (i.e. SICRIS and COBISS) to identify Slovenian authors
Summary
Potential competing interests: The author(s) declared that no potential competing interests exist. Title: Comparison of self-citation patterns in WoS and Scopus databases based on national scientific production in Slovenia (1996-2020) Author: Gordana Budimir, Sophia Rahimeh, Sameh Tamimi, Primož Južnič Submitted to: Scientometrics. The authors compare the presence of self-citations in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus according to the scientific production in Slovenia. The intended goal is to check whether the two citation indexes are different in their selfcitation counts and, even when different, whether they are comparable to some extent. These kinds of study are welcome, since they offer a view on a particular country that can help both researchers and policymakers in their analysis. Some issues should be addressed, and some clarification should be provided before the article is acceptable for publication
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