Scopus

Agenda

Scopus Introduction

Online Demonstration•Personal Profile Set-up•Research Evaluation Tools

-Author Identifier, Find Unmatched Authors, Author citation alerts, -Affiliation Identifier, Journal Analyzer,-Author Profiles

•Search Functionality - Search forms•Navigation Links - Webcites, Patentcites, •Multiple Document Downloader & Renaming Function•Managing Searches

Other Research Sources -SCimago, Research Trends Newsletter, Concepts - Article of the Future,

Early Researcher Career Mentoring Booklet

Agenda

• The New Reality of Research• Introducing SciVal Spotlight• Online Demonstration• Early Adopter Program• Future Initiatives

Scopus Introduction

Scopus is the largest abstract and

citation database of peer-reviewed

literature and quality web sources

with smart tools to track, analyze and

visualize research.

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W - What is Scopus?

W – Why Use Scopus?

• Ensure decisions are made on informed, unbiased, credible research. • Analyse the influence of an organisations authors within the

global research community. • Identify leading research to attract research grants. • Track and evaluate your researcher performance and

benchmark the research output against other researchers and institutes • Access Unique content• Find relevant results fast• Use Scopus as a single access point to begin the

research process

Most Comprehensive Coverage

Scopus provides access to the broadest portfolio of leading peer reviewed content from your

region and from the rest of world

Consistent and transparent quality Broadest multidisciplinary coverage

Regional content

Trusted source

More than just journals

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Most Comprehensive Content

In addition, Scopus offers

3 Million conference papers (10% of Scopus records)

386 Million Quality Websites via Scirus

22 Million Patents

1200 Open Access journals

70% of all Scopus records have an abstract

Abstracts going back to 1841

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Intuitive

“Many young people do not find library-sponsored resources intuitive and therefore prefer to use Google or Yahoo instead: these offer a familiar, if simplistic solution, for their study needs.”

– Study of the British Library and JISC

Less training

Efficient User Experience

Latest publication data from Scopus feeds library, society and publisher websites

Efficient User Experience

Finding collaborators is becoming increasingly important in research

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There is a significant and increasing need to identify researchers and institutions with whom to collaborate

Improve Researcher Productivity

Allows navigation forward and backward in time using cited references

Alerts when authors have been cited

Author and Affiliation Profiling identifies potential researchers and institutions for collaboration

Research output of an affiliation at a glance

Saves time — allows more time to do the actual benchmarking analysis

Enables faster, better-informed resource allocation decisions

Captures all citations, even if the name is spelled differently

Enables institutions to benchmark against peers

Screenshot Scopus Affiliation Information

Performance Measurement

Scopus informs decisions on where to publish

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Advances in Space Research

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Screenshot Scopus Journal Analyzer

Is the department publishing in the most used publications?

Is the department publishing in the most impactful journals?

Peer Group Benchmark

Performance Measurement

Agenda

• The New Reality of Research• Introducing SciVal Spotlight• Online Demonstration• Early Adopter Program• Future Initiatives

Online Demonstration

Agenda

• The New Reality of Research• Introducing SciVal Spotlight• Online Demonstration• Early Adopter Program• Future Initiatives

Other Research Sources

Other Sources

SCimago: http://www.scimagojr.com/

Research Trends Newsletter: http://info.scopus.com/researchtrends/

Concepts - Article of the Future:Article Prototype #1: http://beta.cell.com/erickson/ Article Prototype #2: http://beta.cell.com/hochstim/

SCimago

SCimago Journal Indicators

SCimago Co-Citation Networks

SCimago – Country Map Generator

Research Trends www.researchtrends.com

Article of the Future – Prototype 1

Article of the Future Prototype 2

Early Career Research Mentoring Booklet

Thank you

Anne Harvey

a.harvey@elsevier.com