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Table 4 Summary of citation analysis data from WoS, Scopus and Google Scholar

From: The impact of Cochrane Systematic Reviews: a mixed method evaluation of outputs from Cochrane Review Groups supported by the UK National Institute for Health Research

 

WoS

Scopus

Google scholar

Total number of citations (all 60 reviews combined)

2,192

3,562

8,333

Mean number of citations

36.5

59.3

138.8

Median number of citations

20

28.5

72

Interquartile range

7–51

11–80

25–168

Variation in counts

0–348

0–467

5–737