Published in Leiden Madtrics
Authors Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman

One of the most exciting developments in the past few years in the field of bibliometrics is the emergence of a number of important new data sources. Dimensions, created by Digital Science and made openly available for research purposes, is a prominent example. Other examples are Crossref and OpenCitations, which provide data that is fully open. The launch of Microsoft Academic in 2016 also represents a significant development.