Thematic Coverage Research Articles

Indicators for monitoring and evaluating research-for-development: A critical review of a system in use

Research-for-development (R4D) refers to research activities specifically designed to address critical social, environmental, and economic challenges and improve human well-being. It is essential to have well-designed indicators to monitor and evaluate progress, guide decision-making, and support learning and improvement. This paper reviews and compares two sets of indicators in use by a large international research consortium: i) ad hoc indicators developed by and for individual (non-pooled) projects, and ii) a standard set of indicators designed as part of a common results framework for a new portfolio of research initiatives. We assess both sets of indicators against the SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound) criteria, identify common errors in indicator formulation, compare the thematic coverage of the two sets of indicators, and derive lessons for improved indicator formulation. A large proportion of the non-pooled indicators fail to meet the SMART criteria. The indicators in the standard set are stronger, but with scope for improvement, especially in terms of relationship to the result of interest, specification of the indicator, measurability, standardization of outcome indicators, and impact indicators. We recommend having a balanced set of indicators of key outputs, outcomes, and impacts, based on clear and well-defined result statements.

Multiple Dimensions of Non-western Rhetoric: A Systematic Review of the Literature

This systematic review explores publication trends and thematic coverage of non-western rhetoric in the last fifty years. Amidst growing interest, non-western rhetoric being underexplored prompts this article to identify research gaps and offer insights for future studies. Articles reviewed in this paper reveal that issues like resistance against western rhetorical dominance and countering orientalist perspectives, alongside translation’s role and unique features inherent in the non-west have occupied some space. Unexamined or underexamined areas vis-à-vis non-western rhetoric include environment, indigeneity, power dynamics, cultural context, identity intersections, and socioeconomics. Similarly, other underexplored aspects include modern media, digital communication, oral tradition’s adaptation, social justice rhetoric, and religion’s impact on the rhetoric of Bharatavarsha.

Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Framework.

The assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is heterogeneous and inconsistent. The objectives of this study were (1) to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework of HRQoL in ALS and (2) map the content of existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in ALS to this novel framework. Our model of HRQoL in ALS (Health-related Quality of life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, QuALS) was developed from a systematic literature review and consultative input from key stakeholders (patients, carers, and health care professionals). Five electronic databases were searched in April 2022. Primary studies of any design that assessed HRQoL in ALS by using a multi-item PROM and/or qualitative methods were identified. Using an a priori framework, HRQoL themes were extracted and iteratively modified from the content of each PROM and qualitative study quotations identified in the literature. The conceptual framework was ratified by stakeholders with lived experience and clinical experts. The QuALS framework was used to map the content of identified PROMs and qualitative studies based on thematic coverage. QuALS covers 3 high-level domains of HRQoL (physical, psychological, and social functioning) and consists of 7 themes (Activities; Physical Health; Autonomy; Cognition; Feelings and Emotions; Self-identity; Relationships), characterized by 42 subthemes. Of 8,220 studies identified, 274 were included in the review that informed QuALS. In these studies, 111 PROMs were used to assess at least 1 aspect of HRQoL, and 11 studies used qualitative methods. Of the 3 high-level domains, physical functioning was the most commonly assessed, particularly within ALS-specific PROMs where almost one-quarter of PROMs exclusively assessed physical functioning. None of the PROMs or qualitative studies identified assessed all aspects of HRQoL in the QuALS framework. This study presents a new comprehensive conceptual framework of HRQoL in ALS (QuALS), informed by a robust systematic review of existing literature and stakeholder input, incorporating lived experience. QuALS provides a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians interested in taking a holistic approach to assessing and understanding the full impact of ALS on HRQoL and how this may be affected by treatments.

Panorama de pesquisas sobre ecossistemas de inovação:

Innovation ecosystems are composed of interconnected and interdependent network actors that shape scientific, technological and political-economic dynamics with high transformative capacity related to information and innovation. The study analyzes the panorama of research on “innovation ecosystems”, as a theme produced and communicated in scientific literature. As an exploratory and descriptive research, it uses the Dimensions database and VOSviewer network analysis software, for the collection, representation and inferential analysis of production and connection indicators on this topic. It demonstrates the exponential growth of publications on innovation ecosystems, its thematic coverage and its scope of emerging research highlighting themes such as technological transfer, digital transformation, internet, regional ecosystem and open innovation. Innovation ecosystems are configured as a transversal theme that allows for multilateral and complex theoretical approaches due to the broad and profound possibility of connecting other themes, concepts, contents and contexts of social production.

Thematic coverage and readability of online patient information on cochlear implant care

IntroductionThe treatment of patients with a cochlear implant (CI) is usually an elective, complex and interdisciplinary process. As an important source of information, patients often access the internet prior to treatment. The quality of internet-based information regarding thematic coverage has not yet been analysed in detail. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the information on CI care available on the internet regarding its thematic coverage and readability.Material methodsEight search phrases related to CI care were defined as part of the study. A checklist for completeness of thematic coverage was then created for each search phrase. The current German CI clinical practice guideline and the white paper on CI care in Germany were used as a basis. As a further parameter, readability was assessed using Flesch Reading Ease Scores. The search phrases were used for an internet search with Google. The first ten results were then analysed with regard to thematic coverage, readability and the provider of the website.ResultsA total of 80 websites were identified, which were set up by 54 different providers (16 providers were found in multiple entries) from eight different provider groups. The average completeness of thematic coverage was 41.6 ± 28.2%. Readability according to the Flesch Reading Ease Score was categorised as "hard to read" on average (34.7 ± 14.2 points, range: 0–72). There was a negative statistically significant correlation between the thematic coverage of content and readability (Spearman's rank correlation: r = − 0.413, p = 0.00014).SummaryThe completeness of thematic coverage of information on CI care available on the internet was highly heterogeneous and had a significant negative correlation with the readability. This result should be taken into account by both the providers of internet information and by patients when using internet-based information on CI care and help to further improve the quality of web-based information.

Topic Modelling: Going beyond Token Outputs

Topic modelling is a text mining technique for identifying salient themes from a number of documents. The output is commonly a set of topics consisting of isolated tokens that often co-occur in such documents. Manual effort is often associated with interpreting a topic’s description from such tokens. However, from a human’s perspective, such outputs may not adequately provide enough information to infer the meaning of the topics; thus, their interpretability is often inaccurately understood. Although several studies have attempted to automatically extend topic descriptions as a means of enhancing the interpretation of topic models, they rely on external language sources that may become unavailable, must be kept up to date to generate relevant results, and present privacy issues when training on or processing data. This paper presents a novel approach towards extending the output of traditional topic modelling methods beyond a list of isolated tokens. This approach removes the dependence on external sources by using the textual data themselves by extracting high-scoring keywords and mapping them to the topic model’s token outputs. To compare how the proposed method benchmarks against the state of the art, a comparative analysis against results produced by Large Language Models (LLMs) is presented. Such results report that the proposed method resonates with the thematic coverage found in LLMs and often surpasses such models by bridging the gap between broad thematic elements and granular details. In addition, to demonstrate and reinforce the generalisation of the proposed method, the approach was further evaluated using two other topic modelling methods as the underlying models and when using a heterogeneous unseen dataset. To measure the interpretability of the proposed outputs against those of the traditional topic modelling approach, independent annotators manually scored each output based on their quality and usefulness as well as the efficiency of the annotation task. The proposed approach demonstrated higher quality and usefulness, as well as higher efficiency in the annotation task, in comparison to the outputs of a traditional topic modelling method, demonstrating an increase in their interpretability.

Uncovering the landscape of cross-national UK education research: an exploratory review

ABSTRACT Background Internationally, research comparing education systems across countries and jurisdictions is valuable and can elicit nuanced insights into how particular systems operate. This paper’s interest lies in considering the scope and content of research comparing education systems across the four UK nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales). Purpose This study sought to determine the coverage of UK cross-national comparative education research (‘home international’ research) between 2000 and 2022. We chose this time period as 1999 marks the devolution of education policy to each UK nation. We aimed to investigate what educational issues had been discussed in the literature and identify any gaps in the content covered by the research. Method An exploratory, high-level review of ‘home international’ education research was conducted, based on the review of abstracts. We searched several research databases using a variety of keyword combinations to identify relevant literature published since 2000. Our search identified 53 studies that met our selection criteria. Using a meta-synthesis approach, we coded the content of each abstract to build a picture of the range and thematic coverage of research involving comparisons between at least two of the four UK nations. Findings The analysis of abstracts identified that, over the last two decades, UK ‘home international’ research has tended to include comparisons of all four nations, coverage of multiple educational phases and a focus on national education policy reviews. Furthermore, we pinpointed a number of gaps in coverage that might not have been anticipated (e.g. relatively little cross-national research focusing on assessment). Conclusion This high-level review uncovers the landscape of recent ‘home international’ research, allowing us to view issues that are driving the cross-national research agenda in the UK and recognise implications relevant to education systems that may resonate with jurisdictions beyond these four UK nations.

The book collection of A.N. Nortsov: the history of formation, thematic coverage and significance for the creative laboratory of the owner

INTRODUCTION. The book heritage of the region’s personal libraries analysis allows us to understand the reading interests’ specifics of different generations of library owners, and to clarify important aspects of the intellectual and spiritual growth of Tambov bibliophiles in the process of working with books. In this regard, the stages of Alexey Nikolaevich Nortsov’s biography are considered in the context of its influence on bibliophilism.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The fundamental methodology in the work is the principles of objectivity and historicism. The historicism principle made it possible to analyze the book collection of A.N. Nortsov in close connection with the specifics of the epoch and the reader’s needs of the bibliophile. The objectivity principle is i mplemented on the basis of a detailed analysis of historical sources, which makes it possible to comprehensively study the process of completing the Norts library.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. A passion for genealogy and history of his native land inevitably left a mark on A.N. Nortsov’s library collection. His personal collection included voluminous collections of books on local history, regional archeology, and genealogy.CONCLUSION. The study of A.N. Nortsov’s personal library complements the cultural and educational portrait of its owner. The extensive thematic repertoire of the presented books allows us to speak about the broad reading interests of Alexey Nikolaevich, his high artistic taste. At the same time, the library collection acted as a creative laboratory for writing numerous works on the history of the Tambov Region, philosophical, religious, socio-political works.

Law & Economics at sixty: Mapping the field with bibliometric and machine learning tools

AbstractAs the year 2020 marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark paper in the Law & Economics (L&E) field by Ronald Coase—The Problem of Social Cost—we provide a systematic bibliometric analysis of the development of this field over the years. We look at the output and input side of knowledge production in the field of L&E. The former consists of the volume of production and thematic coverage of the field. The latter—input—looks at the producers of knowledge, the institutional and country affiliations of authors, and the intellectual structure of the field. Thus, the “who”, the “where” knowledge is produced as is also that of on “whose” shoulders the field stands. We demonstrate that Law & Economics shifted from more theory driven work to empirical and evidence‐based contributions. Likewise, we show that the Law & Economics field tends to be dominated by authors affiliated with economics departments, and crucially; however, more impactful research seems to be produced by inter‐disciplinary cooperation. The L&E field further resembles the economics domain in terms of co‐authorship patterns, number of citations and lengths of papers. Finally, we look at diversity in the field of L&E and show, for instance, that the share of female scholars has been steadily growing for the last two decades.

Reconstructing Anamnesis in The Predisposition of The Directory Coverage of Prospective Librarians' Scholarly Works

Anamnesis is an interviewing activity conducted by interviewers with job applicants to obtain information about the applicant's educational, economic, social, and cultural background, as well as information about their experience, skills, and characteristics in order to avoid errors in making decisions about the required job position. Anamnesis uses interviewing techniques by asking structured and in-depth questions, including questions about the scientific work products of the job applicant, especially for librarian candidates. The scope of the directory should be able to be compiled in an interesting, in-depth, and varied manner through the suggestions of students or the guidance of scientific work advisers. The reality is that the student directory of scientific work authors still has a very limited thematic coverage area. The causes of this are among others, the students' lack of knowledge in disposing the theme of scientific work, which is about mobile libraries, archive preservation, human resources, library service quality, library effectiveness, library organization, library utilization strategies, library visitors, library roles, and library utilization. A wide thematic coverage can convince interviewers of the anamnesis activity to fulfill the standards or qualifications for librarians set by the workforce user. The directory of scientific work themes that have not yet been studied in the last 200 scientific works, include retrieval systems, indicative abstracts, informative abstracts, critical abstracts, mini abstracts, consecutive numeric, literary documentation, duplicators, electronic libraries, syndication, fumigation, historiography, interpolation, inversion, author catalogs, hybrid computers, classification, open services, monographs, news agencies, netiquette, public domain software, referral centers, retrospective, reviews, reproduction, roaming processes, quick references, alphabetical address filing systems, functional information systems, circulation, syllabification, secondary sources, telewriters, teleprocessing, bibliographic data, vertical recording, volume binding, web browsers, web hosting, working a beat, reference lists, message handling services, collection indexing, card control systems, zero access storage, subject headings, references, recordings, periodization, collection ordering, collection call numbers, reference collections, collection codes, library entrance counters, collection status, library modems, collection zones, web systems, equipment layouts, lexicon vocabulary, cataloging title catalogs, and archive restoration.

Dynamic Tracking to Identify Topics and Thematic Evolution of Obsessive-compulsive disorder as an Emerging Topic

This study aims to draw a science map, provide structural analysis, explore the evolution, and determine new trends in research articles published in the field of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The articles published from 1981 to 2021 were retrieved by searching the related keywords in multiple databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, according to their thematic coverage and scope. The papers were analyzed using R and SciMAT software. A total of 1820 articles were analyzed and 4191 keywords plus, and 3242 author keywords were reported in the journals. Moreover, 7482 authors contributed in conducting these studies, of which 111 articles were written by single authors, and the collaborative coefficient was 4.36. Neuropsychopharmacology, International Clinical Psychopharmacology, and Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology are the most significant journals publishing OCD articles. This study uncovered new insights into the evolution trend of the leading research stream on OCD over the past years. The findings of this study can contribute to developing the OCD Global Research Program and policymakers.

Hydrological modeling for the discharge production in an experimental area of the Guayas river basin, Ecuador

Hydrological simulation is a vital issue within the comprehensive management of hydrographic basins, with estimates being an input for decision-making by territorial managers. The objective of the current study is to conduct the hydrological modeling of an experimental basin of the Guayas River, where the discharge of the Baba River will be simulated using the HEC-HMS hydrological modeler. Hereby, the morphometric and hydrological modeling of the basin was performed from a global DEM (ASTER GDEM) in an environment of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) complemented with the analysis of thematic coverage of land types and uses as well as of precipitation data for the sector. The simulation of the discharge of the experimental basin determined that twenty percent of the precipitation that fell in the time window of analysis generated direct runoff and the residual eighty percent is attributed to abstractions. This is a condition that is given by the presence of agricultural crops corresponding to seventy percent forest masses, native forest and shrubby vegetation, as well as by the interception processes as well as water catchment systems in the urban area. The adequate results obtained in the application of the HEC - HMS model are based on the previous work of physical and hydrological characterization of the basin expressed through the physiographic structure of the basin and the valorization of the parameters that characterize the hydrological processes. This research tends to be useful for small hydrographic basins in Ecuador that play an important role in the ecosystem and lack of hydrometeorological information.

ADVOCACY JOURNALISM: CASE STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THADAGAM VALLEY, COIMBATORE

Journalists involved in environmental communication go beyond facts and figures to highlight their views on issues of conflict between man and nature. Propelled by the fluidic social media with audience as news makers, their advocacy sails into journalism rather than sticking to the basics of objectivity. Online media, once considered as clicktivism and impulsive, has evolved into a major mobilising force to fight against environmental degradation. Yet, it lacks the trust that traditional media upholds in India.Illegal mining of rich soil in the agricultural fields of Thadagam Valley in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu snowballed into an issue of exploitation of natural resource after South Zone’s National Green Tribunal registered a suo motto case against the clay brick manufacturers in 2021. Closure of the brick factories for over two years through interim orders of the courts was perceived as a big victory for the impleading activists. Advocacy campaigns run by the activists in the traditional and new media keep the cash rich business run for legal cover to restore their operations. At the same time, in-direct and external support from informed sources sustained the activists move further in their fight against pollution of environment and exploitation of natural resources. Wild elephants intruding into farmlands and villages also became an unbearable issue for the inhabitants as the regular paths also got disturbed by the dangerous developments created in the Valley.Influence of political economy, the difference in perspectives between the local and national media over an environmental issue, the stand of political and bureaucratic circles on development, episodic versus thematic coverage in the media, scientific and research back-ups on the issues communicated by the activists are discussed in this conflict-based campaign.

Does EQ-5D Tell the Whole Story? Statistical Methods for Comparing the Thematic Coverage of Clinical and Generic Outcome Measures, With Application to Breast Cancer

ObjectivesThis study aimed to develop the following: (1) methods for assessing claims in any specific application that a generic outcome measure, such as EQ-5D is deficient in its coverage of 1 or more specified domains, and (2) a simple method of judging whether any such deficiency is likely to be quantitatively important enough to call into question evaluations based on the generic instrument. Also to demonstrate the applicability of the methods in the important area of breast cancer. MethodsThe methodology requires a data set with observations from a generic instrument (eg, EQ-5D) and also a more comprehensive clinical instrument (eg, FACT-B [Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast]). A standardized 3-component statistical analysis is proposed for investigating the claim that the generic measure inadequately captures some specified dimension covered by the latter instrument. A theoretically based upper bound on the bias induced by deficient coverage is derived based on the assumption that the designers of the (k-dimensional) generic instrument did succeed in identifying the k most important domains. ResultsData from the MARIANNE breast cancer trial were analyzed and results suggested that impacts on personal appearance and relationships may be inadequately represented by EQ-5D. Nevertheless, the indications are that the bias in quality-adjusted life-year differences from deficient coverage by EQ-5D is likely to be modest. ConclusionsThe methodology offers a systematic approach to determining whether there is clear evidence consistent with any claim that a generic outcome measure such as EQ-5D misses an important specific domain. The approach is readily implementable using data sets that are available in many randomized controlled trials.

Rollin’ papers: Newspaper coverage of cannabis legalization in Canada

With Canada becoming the first G20 country to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, there has been increasing interest in the emergence of this new marketplace. Newspaper framing helps to shape public opinion on legalization and news sources play a role in determining how the public perceives the use of cannabis. This research analyzes how mainstream newspapers reported on the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada in the years before and after legalization (between 2016 and 2019). Using a content analysis of 1,390 cannabis-related articles, 11 dominant reporting themes are identified. Over time, there was a shift from negative and sensationalist cannabis news coverage toward more balanced and progressive framing. The findings identify the influence of editorial political stance on thematic coverage.

Последовательность и адаптивность: новые грани политики Швеции в Арктике

The article is an analytical review of Sweden’s Arctic policy since the adoption of the country’s first Arctic strategy in 2011 until nowadays. The priorities of Sweden’s 2011 Arctic Strategy in the areas of environmental protection, economic cooperation and human life in the Arctic are analyzed. Sweden’s chairmanship programs at the Arctic Council for 2011–2013 and at the Barents Euro-Arctic Council for 2017–2019 are assessed for compliance with the national Arctic strategy priorities. The participation of Sweden in projects under the auspices of the Arctic Council in the 2010s and at present is presented. The content of the updated Sweden’s Arctic strategy of 2020 is analyzed. The updated strategy is compared with the strategy of 2011; the reasons for the enlargement of the thematic coverage of Sweden’s Arctic strategy of 2020 (additional priorities are international cooperation in the Arctic, security and stability in the region, and scientific cooperation) are explained. The reasons for Sweden’s emphasis on security issues in the Arctic are explained. It is concluded that Sweden’s Arctic policy from 2011 to the present is consistent and adaptable due to the changing climatic, economic, political and military situation in the Arctic region. The desire of Sweden to cooperate with the Nordic countries and NATO in the field of military cooperation in the Arctic is marked as a new tendency in Sweden’s Arctic policy. The new role of the European Union, Canada and Germany in the implementation of Swedish Arctic policy at the present stage is traced. Sweden’s Arctic strategy is also estimated in correspondence to the provisions of the Arctic Council Strategic Plan for 2021–2030.

Novosibirsk Publics “VKontakte” as “Platformed Society”

The article presents an analysis of the content of the most popular non-specialized Novosibirsk publics in such a social network as “Vkontakte”. The study of the content results in the tracing of three communication strategies. Firstly, publics with active admins who post news on behalf of the group. In terms of content, such publics are most reminiscent of regional media. Secondly, publics, where all participants are enabled to publish the content. They are functioning as a public chats, where people ask questions and receive answers from other subscribers. Thirdly, publics created by developers of new microdistricts. The article examinesaudience characteristics of publics of all three types, such as subscribers (including dynamics for the year), likes, comments, reposts, both average and median values.The author analyze from the point of view of the thematic coverage of posts, rate the main thematic blocks, and identify the place of socio-political issues in structure of the content. The work pays great attention to the intentional orientation of texts, the implementation of various functions of mass communication in them. The article concludes by characterizing the unorganized local practices, through which “weak agents” reproduce the social reality, surrounding them in the texts of new urban media.

Local News in Colorado: Comparing Journalism Quality Across Four Counties

Local journalism is a pillar of democratic societies, and its role becomes more critical during crises. But despite its critical importance, local news has faced immense challenges that jeopardize its sustainability in the U.S. This study examines the Colorado media ecology by comparing local news sources across four different counties during Summer 2020 and exploring the factors behind similarities and differences in coverage. Building on Napoli et al.’s (2017) framework to assessing the health of local news, the study uses content analysis to examine original, local reporting and coverage of critical information needs as well as type of framing in over 600 online stories appearing on the home pages of all news sources in the four counties. The findings reveal that the Colorado journalism ecosystem post-Covid outpaces U.S. local news in quality in the pre-Covid era yet aligns with disturbing trends pointing to inequities and disparities. In other words, rural, poorer, and more racially and ethnically diverse Colorado communities tend to have weaker news ecosystems and are more likely to become news deserts. The study also introduces thematic coverage as a necessary dimension to add to journalism quality assessment frameworks and discusses several approaches to salvage local news.

Materialidade do livro: mapeamento e visualização temática na literatura em Ciência da Informação

Introduction: The book is a symbolic object or a “semiophore”, which denotes its condition of being “beyond information”, involving, in addition, materiality and institutionality. Objective: To map authors, works and themes related or tangent to the subject “book’s materiality” in the scope of information science. Methodology: A mapping of the thematic coverage was carried out in national and international databases, then, the texts identified were analyzed and visualized using Voyant Toolstool. Results: 100 documentsthat covered the period between 1996 and 2020 were analyzed, with the highest occurrence of publication of book’s materiality thematic in the years of 2016, 2017 and 2018. In terms of terminology, expressions that lead to the understanding of the book as a documentary and symbolic support that contains information, stand out, and can compose collections in institutions worried with social memory, as is the case of libraries. The journals that most publish articles on the subject were Encontros Bibliand Journal of Documentation, and the databases that index the most journals that address the topic were BRAPCIand Library and Information Science Abstracts. Conclusion: The book’s materiality theme establishes a bridge between the breadth of the “materiality” concept and a relationship between book and document. The book –when studied based on the multidimensionality of materiality, whether expressed in analog or digital environment –constitutes itself as a symbolic object in addition to being conceived as a mere source of information.

Thematic coverage of CRIS in WoS, Scopus and Dimensions (2000-2020)

In recent years, academic publications related to the Current Research Information System in the Web of Science and Scopus multidisciplinary databases have increased. Other bibliographic data sources such as Dimensions have appeared. The objective of this study is to analyze the thematic coverage of the Current Research Information System in the Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions databases during the period 2000-2020 for a holistic view of the behavior and visibility of the scientific literature in this domain. A search strategy has been designed and datasets exported from these sources are available in Zenodo. For the analysis, dimensions were defined with their variables and bibliometric indicators and the data was processed in the biblioshiny and VOSviewer tools. The Dimensions database provides broad coverage of the topic, which can be seen in the high number of records, sources and total citations retrieved. Scopus has a greater diversity of types of retrieved documents. In the analyzed indicators, it shares with the WoS a high degree of overlap in the other sources. The selectivity offered by Scopus and WoS consolidate it as sources for the recovery of literature related to CRIS. However, these three databases could be complemented with other sources, such as the euroCRIS repository, to retrieve information and obtain a holistic view of behavior, sources and authorship in the CRIS domain.