Scientometrics in R:
Bibliometrics, Network Science, and Research Evaluation
C Indicator Crosswalk Across Databases
This appendix maps common bibliometric indicators to the data sources and tools that support them. Use it to choose the right source for your analysis.
C.1 Publication-level indicators
Indicator
OpenAlex
Web of Science
Scopus
Dimensions
Chapter
Citation count
Y
Y
Y
Y
9–10
Field-normalised citations (MNCS)
Compute
CNCI (built-in)
FWCI (built-in)
FCR (built-in)
13
PP(top 10%)
Compute
Compute
Compute
Compute
10
Open access status
Y
Y
Y
Y
27
Funding acknowledgements
Y (partial)
Y
Y
Y
30
Abstract text
Y
Y
Y
Y
21–25
References list
Y
Y
Y
Y
16
Author affiliations
Y
Y
Y
Y
12–13
C.2 Author-level indicators
Indicator
OpenAlex
Web of Science
Scopus
Dimensions
Chapter
h-index
Compute
Y
Y
Compute
10, 12
Publication count
Y
Y
Y
Y
12
ORCID integration
Y
Y
Y
Y
12
Co-author network
Compute
Compute
Compute
Compute
15
C.3 Journal-level indicators
Indicator
OpenAlex
Web of Science
Scopus
Chapter
Journal Impact Factor
—
Y
—
11
CiteScore
—
—
Y
11
SNIP
—
—
Y
11
SJR
—
—
Y
11
Article volume
Y
Y
Y
11
Citation distribution
Compute
Compute
Compute
11
C.4 Institution-level indicators
Indicator
OpenAlex
Leiden Ranking
Web of Science
Scopus
Chapter
Publication counts (full/fractional)
Compute
Y
Compute
Compute
13
MNCS / FWCI
Compute
Y
CNCI
FWCI
13
PP(top 10%)
Compute
Y
Compute
Compute
13
Collaboration rates
Compute
Y
Compute
Compute
15
Subject profile
Y
Y
Y
Y
19
C.5 Network indicators
Indicator
Data needed
Source
Chapter
Co-authorship strength
Author pairs per paper
Any
15
Bibliographic coupling
Reference lists
OpenAlex, WoS, Scopus
16
Co-citation
Citing documents
OpenAlex, WoS, Scopus
16
Keyword co-occurrence
Keywords/topics
Any
17
Betweenness centrality
Network graph
Computed
15
Community structure
Network graph
Computed
18
C.6 Notes
“Y” = available directly from the data source.
“Compute” = the raw data is available but the indicator must be calculated.
“—” = not available from that source.
OpenAlex is the only fully free and open source in this table. Web of Science and Scopus require institutional subscriptions. Dimensions offers a free tier with limited functionality.
Field normalisation always requires reference values. When a source does not provide them natively, you can compute them from the full corpus using the method in Chapter 13.