Table 4 List of indexing platforms, bibliographic databases, open discovery citation indexes, and the web-based search engine and novel literature discovery tool incorporated into the search strategy
Source type | Source name | Indexes | Subscription | Limits, restrictions, or filters | Platform or provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indexing platforms | Scopus | Scopus | Duke University | Year: 1980–present | Elsevier |
|  | Web of Science Core Collection (WoS) | SCI-expanded (1980–present) SSCI (1980–present) CPCI-S (1990–present) CPCI-SSH (1990–present) ESCI (2018–present) | Duke University | Year: 1980–present Document type: article, proceeding paper, early access, data paper | Clarivate |
Bibliographic databases | Ocean abstracts (1981–present) | N/A | NOAA | Year: 1980–present Source type: scholarly journals, dissertations & theses, conference papers & proceedings, reports | ProQuest |
|  | Earth, atmospheric, & aquatic sciences collection | Databases included Aquatic sciences and fisheries abstracts Meteorological and geoastrophysical abstracts Earth, atmospheric, & aquatic sciences database | NOAA | Year: 1980–present Source type: scholarly journals, dissertations & theses, conference papers & proceedings, reports | ProQuest |
Open discovery citation indexes | LENS.org | CORE Crossref PubMed Microsoft Academic | N/A | Year: 1980–present Document type: journal article, conference proceeding article, conference proceedings, dissertation, report | Cambia |
|  | Dimensions | N/A | NOAA | Year: 1980–present Publication type: article, proceeding | Digital science |
Web-based search engine | Google Scholar | Google Scholar | N/A | Title search Up to the first 1000 results | Google Scholar via Publish or Perish [44] |
Novel literature discovery tool | Inciteful | N/A | N/A | Up to the first 1000 results |