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Are there any cross-platform websites to measure scientific impact of any research article? I am aware of dblp, Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search. Recently, ResearchGate is quite popular. However, all these are not optimal in several aspects.

For example, Google Scholar is a good platform for citation index, particularly h-index of any author; dblp is intended for most authentic, however lacks in the timely updating. ResearchGate seems to be updated mostly by individual scholars. I know that it is not possible to find a comprehensive database with authentic information contained. Thus, the criteria may be as follows: timely manner, self citation exclusion, information entered by authors or robot cross-checked by any person, and most importantly free access to scholars. (Scopus is not free.)

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    What are you asking for? A list of all the places that measure "scientific impact"? And what does "highlight the issue" mean in this context?
    – 410 gone
    Oct 8, 2015 at 17:04
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    Please clarify: Are you aware of any issues (list them! Define precisely what you expect of a measure of "scientific impact", because there probably is no globally accepted/useful definition.) and looking for an alternative that circumvents the issues, or are you unaware of any issues and want us to highlight them? (In case the answer is "both" - these are two different questions, so please ask them separately.)
    – O. R. Mapper
    Oct 8, 2015 at 17:05
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    @Alexandros: "Google scholar is the de-facto standard for tracking citations" - given the severe distortions in Google Scholar's h-index based upon the random inclusion of undergrad works, I have not yet met anyone who would have looked seriously at Google Scholar for determining the impact of someone or something - although opinions here on Academia SE seem to differ sometimes. Google Scholar is an excellent tool for finding related work, but the "statistics" tools like citation counts seem more like a well-intended, but failed feature.
    – O. R. Mapper
    Oct 8, 2015 at 21:21
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    Microsoft Academic Search hasn't been updated since 2012. it's dead.
    – JeffE
    Oct 9, 2015 at 11:39
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    I have not yet met anyone who would have looked seriously at Google Scholar for determining the impact of someone or something — Hi, @O.R.Mapper. Nice to meet you.
    – JeffE
    Oct 9, 2015 at 11:39

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I compiled scientific research referencing websites and networks, and some links to further information, here (the post is in Spanish, with some automatic translation available).

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    When you post a link to your own blog, please disclose the affiliation and do not present it as a third party.
    – Federico Poloni
    May 3, 2016 at 12:04
  • Thanks for the remark on the affiliation, but where did I present it as a third party?
    – Alfonso F R
    May 8, 2016 at 12:17
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    Writing "here is this blog post" generically instead of "this is a post from my blog" in my view means failing to disclose your relationship and presenting it as a third party. Maybe not in lawyer's terms, but at least in spirit.
    – Federico Poloni
    May 9, 2016 at 9:28
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    It could also be argued that, because I did not disclose the affiliation, I was presenting it as my own, if it was not. Spirit is hardly measurable. Anyway this discussion is off-topic.
    – Alfonso F R
    May 18, 2016 at 11:39
  • @AlfonsoFR I do not see this discussion off-topic at all. In academic world is a must to cite work in a proper way, and honesty, i.e., clarity, with the information sources is best practice. Thus, consider rewording your answer "I made a compilation to scientific research referencing ..., here is my post ...". In that case your answer might deserve a full +1 ;)
    – loved.by.Jesus
    Aug 5, 2022 at 12:07
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Semantic Scholar is another option. It has an "influential citation" features that

identifies citations where the cited publication has a significant impact on the citing publication, making it easier to understand how publications build upon and relate to each other. Influential citations are determined utilizing a machine-learning model analyzing a number of factors including the number of citations to a publication, and the surrounding context for each.

Its interface contains many useful information:

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