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What is Scopus ?

Launch time Nov 2004 World’s largest multi-disciplinary abstract and citation database Peer-reviewed research literature and quality web & patent sources Smart tools to track, analyse and visualize research

Scopus Content peer-reviewed journals across multiple disciplines from 5,000+ publishers, including: 1,800 Open Access journals Archive (back to 1823) Articles in Press 340 Book Series 400 Trade Publications 520 Conference Proceedings Content Selection & Advisory Board 47 million records, of which ( 70 % with Abstract) 26 million include references going back to million pre-1996 go back to million scientific websites, including 25 million patents (Scirus) Complete title list:

Article in press 3850 journals are provided Cambridge Elsevier Springer Karger medical and scientific pub Nature pub grup IEEE BioMed Central(BMC) LWW Further AiP in sep 2010 Thieme BMj World Scientific American Association for the advancement of science

Scopus = development in partnership Designed by users for users

Scopus partners with organizations to improve design and functionality “User centered, librarian approved” –Amy Knapp, Pittsburgh

Benefits Intuitive interface Powerful “Refine Results Box” Seamless linking to Full Text Ability to analyse research output - Author and Affiliation profiles - Citation Tracker - Journal Analyzer

Why do you need Scopus ?

You need Scopus to… Find articles in familiar subject fields Investigate a new area of interest Find key opinion leaders Find potential collaboration partners Monitor activities of competitors Stay up-to-date with research trends

Challenges Faced by the Research Community 1. Identify all relevant information  Find the information effectively  Evaluate research output  Measure performance  Monitor trends  How does Scopus help to overcome these challenges?

Scopus is Designed to Facilitate Major Research Tasks Find articles on a specific topic Get an overview of a subject area Stay up-to-date Find author-related information - Articles by a specific author, co-authors, citations - Information to help evaluate an author Get detailed citation information and reports H-index Literature Research Research Evaluation

SCOPUSWEB OF SCIENCE # of Records47 million87 million # of Journals indexed Dates of Coverage1869 to present (only continuously from 1996) 1900 to present (backfiles purchased separately for one-time fee) “Other” ContentConference proceedings, book series, patents, IR, web pages, articles in press, MEDLINE Conference proceedings Update Frequencydaily Alert ServicesRSS, Bib Management SupportRefWorks, EndNote, BibTex (all sold separately) EndNote Web (included), ProCite, Reference Manager References Included?YY

Coverage: pre 1996

Results Page – Refine Results

Author Search: Mario R. Capecchi

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Affiliation Search: Basilea

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Affiliation Details

What’s Scopus? Affiliation Identifier h-index calculator Journal Analyzer Document and Author Citation Alerts Scivers Applications PMID Pubmed

What is the h -Index? Performance measurement tool for scientific authors (similar idea to journal impact factors but for individuals) Established by Jorge Hirsch at UC San Diego “A scientist has index h if h of his/her N p papers have at least h citations each, and the other ( N p - h ) papers have no more than h citations each.” Source: Hirsch, J. E. (2005, September 29). An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. Retrieved from

h -Index in Author Details Page Evaluate h-index & citation tracker with one click

Authors can exclude self citations here The h-index rating with option to obtain graph h -Index in Citation Report

h -Index Graph Qualifies the impact and quality of research output for: Individual scientist’s Journals Research projects Entire research groups Plots citations per article Incision = h-index Shows low & highly cited-by counts Completely transparent Date range can be changed Practical Interpretation: Promotion, Evaluation, Funding, Tenure, Benchmarking

h -Index Benefits Researchers can readily export h-Index for grant and funding applications Administrators/Heads of faculty can use the index as a useful means to evaluate the performance of an individual (for tenure and promotions) or their team as a whole Grant and funding bodies can run simultaneous comparisons of research groups Journal editors can track the impact of their journals’ output with unrivalled convenience and accuracy

SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) SNIP measures a source’s contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. It helps you make a direct comparison of sources in different subject fields. SNIP takes into account characteristics of the source's subject field, which is the set of documents citing that source. SNIP especially considers the frequency at which authors cite other papers in their reference lists the speed at which citation impact matures the extent to which the database used in the assessment covers the field’s literature

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) SJR is weighted by the prestige of a journal Subject field, quality, and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation. SJR assigns relative scores to all of the sources in a citation network. Its methodology is inspired by the Google PageRank algorithm, in that not all citations are equal. A source transfers its own 'prestige', or status, to another source through the act of citing it. A citation from a source with a relatively high SJR is worth more than a citation from a source with a lower SJR.

New! Journal Analyzer Tool A Journal Evaluation Tool: Gives users a comparative overview of the journal landscape, showing how titles in a given field are performing relative to each other Objective data is presented in an easy, comprehensive graphical format comparing citations of max. 10 journals from over 15,000 peer reviewed journals from today all the way back to 1996 Data is updated bi-monthly to ensure currency

What does it look like? Compare up to 10 journals by total citations and number of articles published

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