Timeline for Is there a way to report to google scholar some systematic mistakes?
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 21:25 | comment | added | Anyon | Can't do more than try. Anyway, sometimes you get what seems like artificially high numbers, but it's still the number you're supposed to cite. For example, some journals use running page numbers that don't reset between issues. In the case of that 20 million number, I suspect the 2014 part is the year when they first received the manuscript. It would be more of an article identifier than a page number in that case, but it's still the way to find the article. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 21:12 | comment | added | pancho | Thank you for your output. I thought so at the beginning, but diving inside the papers themselves,that incredibly high number sometimes was constant along the paper, so it didn't gave me an impression of being a page number; Furthermore, I was suspicious of a 20 million page issue. Anyways, google scholar replied with a generic "deal with the Journals", so at least I tried. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 18:41 | history | edited | Anyon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added mention of contacting publishers directly, as suggested by Myles in comments. Also addressed the inproceedings part.
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 18:20 | comment | added | Anyon | Yes, I think you're right about contacting the publisher - it certainly is easier to correct data at the source than later down the chain. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 17:53 | comment | added | Myles | You make a good point about the data being sourced from publishers / journals; presumably, at least some systematic errors of this kind arise from how the publisher is presenting the data (e.g. they may find that presenting it a different way helps Google pick it up better). It may be worth contacting the publisher themselves, as they may be able to deal with the error or pass it to whomever handles their data for them. | |
| Mar 14, 2018 at 17:07 | history | edited | Anyon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2018 at 16:59 | history | answered | Anyon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |