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Google Scholar is Google’s innovation in the field of academic research spanning across the world of scholarly research. It puts a calculated amount of leverage to each document like a researcher and considers important factors like publication date, place, author, etc
Features
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Google Scholar helps you explore citations, authors, publications, all in one place.
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With Google Scholar, you can also check who is referring to your citations, which allows you to create an author profile.
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You can save both citations and articles for later.
Pro
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If you are familiar with researching in Google, using Google Scholar will be a piece of cake.
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Unlike his competitors, it’s free of cost.
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You can even set up alerts for your citation-tracking
Cons
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The biggest disadvantage of Google Scholar is the retrieved results are not peer-reviewed.
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It lacks the comprehensiveness required for research.
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The subject indexing for Google Scholar is not up to the mark.
Pricing
Google Scholar is free to use worldwide.