Utilizing Google Scholar as a Bibliographic Resource for Publications Search

This study focuses on the automated search for publication citations for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) datasets. The research investigates the feasibility of using automated search methods to gather published works from various bibliometric databases. A comparison is presented, highlighting the differences in citation counts obtained from Google Scholar compared to established bibliographic databases. The study also introduces a methodology and an open-source tool for getting publication citations from Google Scholar, utilizing dataset DOIs and keyword searches. The findings contribute to understanding the reliability and effectiveness of Google Scholar as a source for dataset citation retrieval and provide researchers with a valuable resource for obtaining comprehensive citation data.