December 2014

Scopus and web accessibility

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Wed, 12/03/2014 - 11:00

Held annually on December 3rd the International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPwD) is a United Nations-sanctioned day that aims to increase public awareness and promote the understanding of disability issues. This year one of the focus areas of IDPwD is the role of technology in creating enabling working environments.

Accessibility features in Scopus

At Elsevier we consistently and proactively work to make our products accessible to all users, regardless of their physical abilities.

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Features
Accessibility

Scopus increases interoperability with SciVal and introduces new journal metric

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Fri, 12/05/2014 - 08:57

On December 4, Scopus released two important new features. The Scopus header has been redesigned to increase the interoperability with SciVal, Elsevier’s benchmarking and analytics product. Also a new journal metric called Impact per Publication (IPP) has been added to allow researchers and librarians better compare and evaluate journals.

Redesigned Scopus header: increased interoperabillity with SciVal
The Scopus header has been updated to align more closely with SciVal, Elsevier’s benchmarking

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December 4 2014
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Release
Metrics

Scopus continues to add pre-1996 citations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Mon, 12/08/2014 - 09:30

In March, we launched the Cited Reference Expansion Program to include cited references in the Scopus database going back to 1970 for pre-1996 content. Our goal is to expand the ability for users to perform long-term, extensive bibliometric and historic trend analyses – and enhance h-indices for those researchers who published pre-1996.

As of November 1st we started re-indexing content and pre-1996 archives with cited references are now loaded on a daily basis.

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Content
h-index
Author Profiles
Citations
Metrics

UK REF 2014 results released (and they use Scopus data!)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Thu, 12/18/2014 - 13:40

Yesterday marks a key milestone in the United Kingdom's REF 2014 journey. Following initial consultations in 2007 through to the deadline for submissions in November 2013, 155 higher education institutions across the UK have dedicated a huge amount of time and resource to this process. The results published December 17 will highlight both the quality and non-academic impact of each institution’s research, and mark the culmination of years of hard work.

As the impact of the results begins to be

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Assessment
REF 2014
Metrics

Service Announcement: Scopus issue with search

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 11:25

Update (Saturday, December 20, 2014):

We are pleased to report that the issue with our search engine has been resolved, particularly with respect to cardinality and associated features. We are monitoring the system closely.  If you experience any other issues with Scopus, please contact the help desk using "Help and Contact" link in Scopus.

Original Post (Friday, December 19, 2014):

Scopus is experiencing an issue with its search engine, particularly with respect to cardinality.

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Search
Maintenance