Database Incompleteness
Research gap analysis derived from 2 medicine papers in our local library.
The gap
Most studies rely on WoSCC and PubMed for literature retrieval, leading to potential underrepresentation of non-English publications, regional journals, or discipline-specific content.
Consensus across the literature
The papers collectively establish the limitations of current database usage but leave open the need for more comprehensive search strategies.
Research trend
Emerging — attention growing, methods still coalescing.
Supporting evidence — 2 representative gaps
- Global insights into pediatric ischemic stroke: a bibliometric and visualization analysis (2026) · doi
Literature was retrieved exclusively from WOSCC and PubMed, excluding other databases such as Scopus and Embase, which could lead to incomplete coverage and underrepresentation of non-Western countries, regional journals, or discipline-specific publications.
Keywords: literature retrieved exclusively woscc pubmed excluding databases scopus embase lead incomplete coverage underrepresentation western countries - Bibliometric analysis of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for oligometastases (2026) · doi
Data were retrieved exclusively from WoSCC and PubMed, potentially excluding relevant grey literature.
Keywords: retrieved exclusively woscc pubmed potentially excluding relevant grey literature
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