• Google scholar merges different papers as the same

    From Hasan Iqbal@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 31 10:29:10 2022
    Dear all,

    Google scholar (GS) is merging two of our papers into a single one.
    When we search for these two papers in GS, the same result appears.
    This produces an incorrect citation count for one of those. I remember
    things were alright before, but don't know why this is suddenly happening.
    How can I report this issue?

    Thanks!

    [[Mod. note -- I've never found any mechanism to report or correct google-scholar errors. :( -- jt]]

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  • From Phillip Helbig (undress to reply@21:1/5 to n Iqbal on Mon Aug 1 15:53:17 2022
    In article <e8428e9c-69ca-4964-a87d-cd58e9f76ee8n@googlegroups.com>, Hasa=
    n Iqbal <hasan.iqbal.anik@gmail.com> writes:

    Dear all,

    Google scholar (GS) is merging two of our papers into a single one.
    When we search for these two papers in GS, the same result appears.
    This produces an incorrect citation count for one of those. I remember
    things were alright before, but don't know why this is suddenly happeni=
    ng.
    How can I report this issue?

    Thanks!

    [[Mod. note -- I've never found any mechanism to report or correct google-scholar errors. :( -- jt]]


    Indeed. There are several issues with Google Scholar. I tried several
    times with considerable effort to get obvious mistakes fixed. Note that
    I have set things so that I am asked to convert updates, but some things
    happen anyway, and even some things fixed by hand are reversed.

    Advice: forget it.

    For astronomy, ADS is much better. True, they often don't have as much
    as Google Scholar, but it is more accurate. Also, occasional goofs are
    fixed quickly, either by emailing the staff or submitting a correction
    form.

    Advice: concentrate on your ADS profile. If you note (via Google
    Scholar or otherwise) that something is missing, you can submit that as
    an addition to ADS via a form. Also, you can convert your ADS list of publications to an ADS library. At least in the past, that had to be
    updated manually when a new publication shows up. I've seen job ads
    which asked for a link to one's own ADS library rather than submitting a publication list, so it is a good idea to set one up.

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