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1 Agenda 1.A review of Scopus Today. 2.A powerful subject search. 3.Articles published by Iranian institutions. 4.Citation tracking. 5.Recent development. 6.H-index. A new trend…

2 Focused web information Academic library sources 15,100 titles 4,000 publishers STM & Social sciences World’s Largest Abstract & Citation Database What is Scopus? 15% Elsevier sources 85% other publishers 240 million scholarly Web items, E-prints, theses, dissertations, 13 M patents Fastest route to FullText

3 The broadest source of STM and Social Sciences information 2,700titles2,700titles2,500titles2,500titles4,500titles4,500titles5,900titles5,900titles Life & Health (100% Medline) Chemistry Physics Engineering Biological Agricultural Environmental Social Sciences Psychology Economics 15,100 titles from > 4,000 publishers

4 What subject areas are included in Social Sciences? c.2,700titlesc.2,700titles Social Sciences, Psychology, Economics »Anthropology »Archaeology »Communication »Cultural Studies »Demography »Development »Education »Gender Studies »Geography, Planning and Development »Health (Social Science) »Human Factors and Ergonomics »Law »Library and Information Sciences »Life-Span and Life-Course studies »Linguistics and Language »Political Science and International Relations »Public Administration »Safety Research »Sociology and Political Science »Transportation »Urban Studies

5 15,100 current journal sources Abstract 28 million +1.1 million per year Cited References 248 million 10 years + 25 million each year Currency Updated daily Valuable archive included

6 Geographical spread of content

7 Iranian Titles indexed into Iranian Biomedical Journal Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Amirkabir (Journal of Science and Technology) International Journal of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications Scientia Iranica Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition) Archives of Iranian Medicine Daru Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Lipid Disorders Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health Journal of Medicinal Plants Yakhteh Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Engineering

8 Content Policy  Scopus aims to be the most comprehensive single point of access for STM and social science information  Additions to content are defined by user demand and prioritized by Content Selection Committee of Scientists and subject librarians  We welcome electronic-only sources including Open Access journals (currently 535 OA titles indexed)  Scopus covers journals from all geographical regions including non-English titles (with English abstracts)

9 Example 1 Search for articles in “Gene therapy”

10 Homepage

11 Results page Articles, websites, patents Refine Results Link to Full Text Sort by highest cited article

12 abstracts + references page Links to 3 most recent citing articles Author Details plus link to all papers written by same author Link to record

13 abstracts + references page # of times cited Link to other articles by this author

14 Example 2: Articles published by Iranian institutions

15 Homepage

16 Articles published by Iranian institutions

17 Articles published by Iranian institutions

18 Articles published in Iran

19 Articles published by Iranian institutions

20 Example 3: Author search: Prof W. Nierman

21 Identify the author of interest

22 View articles published by Prof W Nierman

23 Citation overview – articles by Prof W Nierman

24 Citation overview – articles by Prof W Nierman Track citation of your subject/affiliation search!

25 Citation overview – view citing articles

26 Citation overview – print and export

27 Citation overview – print and export

Recent development

29 Author searching: The Problem  How to distinguish between an author’s articles and those of another authors sharing the same name?  How to group an author’s articles together when his or her name has been recorded in different ways? (e.g. Stambrook, P and Stambrook, P.J.)

30 Solving the Problem We have approached solving these problems by using the data available in the publication records such as… Author Names  Affiliation  Co-authors  Self citations  Source title  Subject area …and used this data to group articles that belong to a specific author. So how does Author Identifier work?

31  Use the Author Search to find an author of interest

32  An author results list is displayed, showing preferred author name and the name variants Click here

33 Author Details page Click “152” to view this author’ s documents

34  Results of author document search

35  Returning to the Author Details page, check who has cited this author’s work

36  All documents which cite a specific author

37  Returning to the Author Details page, click to view the Citation Tracker for this author

38  In the newly generated citation overview the counts reflect the exclusion of self citations.

39  Click Co-authors “73” to view authors who have written with this author

40  Here you can browse the co-authors of the original author

41  Why are there some unmatched documents?

42  The Author Results page (and the author details page) includes a feedback option...

43 …authors can suggest amendments or updates to their own article information

Evaluating authors. A new trend…

45 Author (1): Hirsch-index Published by Jorge E. Hirsch in August 2005 Consequently, subject to discussion amongst scholars Generally well-received (Ball, 2005; Van Raan, 2005; Moed, 2005; Popov, 2005) Nature (2005): ‘The h-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations.’

46 Author A Author B Doc Cit Doc1234 Cit252096

47 Calculating the H-index

48 Funding applications  Two specific areas where Scopus data can be used in completing a grant application  Bibliography and references cited  Biographical sketch – publications  These elements are typically required by a wide range of granting bodies including:  National Instituties of Health (US):  Office of Science (US Dept of Energy):  The National Academies (US):  Medical Research Council (UK): specific_schemes/funding-advice_for_applicants/funding- financial_support.htm

49 Biographical sketch – a detailed example NASA asks for: “a bibliography of recent publications, especially those relevant to the proposed investigation.”

50 Biographical sketch – a detailed example Research Centre for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease (Tehran), proposal questionnaire: “…What is known about the problem (both at national and international level). This is essentially a literature review. The citations should be numbered sequentially on ascending order...”

51 Use the Author Search to search on your name

52 Click through to your papers

53 Select your five most recent publications and add to My List

54 Save your list

55 Create bibliography

56 Select the appropriate format and hit ‘create’

57 Your bibliography is formatted and ready to attach to your application

58 You can also create a citation overview of your most highly-cited articles

59 And easily export to Excel

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