Purpose: To design and test a method for normalizing book citations in Google Scholar.Design/methodology/approach: A hybrid citing-side, cited-side normalization method was developed and this was tested on a sample of 285 research monographs. The results were analyzed and conclusions drawn.Findings: The method was technically feasible but required extensive manual intervention because of the poor quality of the Google Scholar data. Research limitations: The sample of books was limited and also all were from one discipline —business and management. Also, the method has only been tested on Google Scholar, it would be useful to test it on Web of Science or Scopus.Practical limitations: Google Scholar is a poor source of data although it does cover a much wider range citation sources that other databases. Originality/value: This is the first method that has been developed specifically for normalizing books which have so far not been able to be normalized.
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机译：目的：设计和测试一种在Google Scholar中标准化图书引用的方法。设计/方法/方法：开发了一种混合的引用侧，引用侧标准化方法，并在285篇研究专着的样本上进行了测试。分析结果并得出结论。发现：该方法在技术上可行，但由于Google Scholar数据质量较差，需要进行大量的人工干预。研究局限性：书籍样本有限，而且全部来自一门学科-商业和管理。另外，该方法仅在Google Scholar上进行过测试，在Web of Science或Scopus上进行测试将很有用。实用限制：Google Scholar的数据来源较差，尽管它涵盖的引用范围比其他数据库大得多。原创性/价值：这是专门为规范书籍而开发的第一种方法，到目前为止，尚无法对其进行规范。
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