Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is an interdisciplinary citation index product of Thomson Scientific. It was developed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) from the Science Citation Index.
This citation database covers more than 1,700 of the world's leading journals of social sciences, and more than 50 disciplines.[1] It is made available online through the Web of Science service for a fee. This database product provides information to identify the articles cited most frequently and by what publisher and author.
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Criticisms
In 2004 economists Daniel Klein and Eric Chiang conducted a survey of the Social Sciences Citation Index and identified a bias against free market oriented research. In addition to an ideological bias Klein and Chiang also identified several methodological deficiencies that encouraged the over-counting of citations and argue that the Social Sciences Citation Index does a poor job reflecting the relevance and accuracy of articles.[2]
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References
- ^ "Social Sciences Citation Index". http://scientific.thomson.com/products/ssci/. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ Daniel Klein and Eric Chiang. The Social Science Citation Index: A Black Box—with an Ideological Bias? Econ Journal Watch, Volume 1, Number 1, April 2004, pp 134-165.
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