  In the context of a comprehensive Microsoft Academic (MA) study, we explored
in an initial step the quality of linked references data in MA in comparison
with Web of Science (WoS). Linked references are the backbone of bibliometrics,
because they are the basis of the times cited information in citation indexes.
We found that the concordance of linked references between MA and WoS ranges
from weak to non-existent for the full sample (publications of the University
of Zurich with less than 50 linked references in MA). An analysis with a sample
restricted to less than 50 linked references in WoS showed a strong agreement
between linked references in MA and WoS.
