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Sometimes ‘Year’ Isn’t a Year: How Web of Science Date Fields Mislead Bibliometric Analysis https://thinkhammerly.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/wos-year/ #AcademicPublishingData, #BibliometricAnalysis, #BibliometricWorkflows, #BiblioPy, #EarlyAccess, #MetadataDiscrepancies, #PublicationYear, #ResearchTrends, #WebOfScience

Sometimes ‘Year’ Isn’t a Year: How Web of Science Date Fields Mislead Bibliometric Analysis

Web of Science mixes Early Access and Publication Year in its search results, creating misleading trends for bibliometric analysis. Here’s how the distortion works — and how to avoid it.

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Pooya Dec 12

Publication Year Isn’t Always What It Seems https://thinkhammerly.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/publication-year-isnt-always-what-it-seems/ #AcademicPublishingData, #BibliometricAnalysis, #BibliometricWorkflows, #BiblioPy, #EarlyAccess, #MetadataDiscrepancies, #PublicationYear, #ResearchTrends, #WebOfScience

Publication Year Isn’t Always What It Seems

Web of Science mixes Early Access and Publication Year in its search results, creating misleading trends for bibliometric analysis. Here’s how the distortion works — and how to avoid it.

Think Hammerly