I’ve been demonstrating Google Scholar in many upper-division classes lately - both students and professors seem increasingly aware of it, and eager to use it. The article below, from Library Journal, highlights some of the citation errors that persist in Google Scholar, and which continue to hinder the tool’s usefulness in terms of determining publishing impact. I’m sure that many of us already present some caveats when we teach Google Scholar; here’s another.

“Newswire Analysis: Google Scholar’s Ghost Authors, Lost Authors, and Other Problems”