July 2015

Journal Metrics live on Scopus

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 14:00

Last week, we announced that the 2014 journal metrics values were launched and freely available on www.journalmetrics.com. This week, we’re happy to report that the 2014 Journal Metrics values for the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) and Impact per Publication (IPP) are now live on Scopus.com. The values have been updated into Scopus for the Compare journals and Browse Sources pages, as well as on the Public Title List that is available on the Scopus info

Release Date: 
July 2 2015
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Scopus to cease support of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) on October 1

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 07:54

Per 1 October 2015, Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 8. This is a few months ahead of Microsoft’s official discontinuation date of January 2016. For more information please visit Microsoft’s support page.

By removing IE 8 from our support list we will be able to provide the following future enhancements for you:

  • Remove current IE 8 security issues
  • Enhance existing security measures
  • Add support for new browser technologies
  • Add responsive design
  • Improve accessibility

In order for our

Release Date: 
July 7 2015
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Support

Breaking the 1996 barrier: Scopus adds nearly 4 million pre-1996 articles and more than 83 million references

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Mon, 07/20/2015 - 13:53

Scopus data has been growing exponentially over the last year — and perhaps not in the way you might expect. In the last 7 months, Scopus has added over 83 million pre-1996 cited references to nearly 4 million articles.

Currently, the average number of references per pre-1996 article is 22.9.

This has been achieved in two ways; by adding pre-1996 cited references to existing articles, and by adding article back files, including their cited references, from the archives of 36 major publishers,

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4 ways to view and use the 2014 Scopus journal metrics

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 17:30

Whether you are an author investigating where to submit your paper, an editor evaluating your journal’s performance or a librarian reviewing the impact of your investments, it is important to know how journals compare to each other. With the 2014 journal metric values for the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) and Impact per Publication (IPP) live in Scopus, now is a good time for evaluation and comparison.

All journals included in Scopus receive journal metric

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Impact Factor

Scopus to launch Open Access indicator for journals on July 29

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 08:48

On July 29, Scopus will launch an Open Access indicator for journals indexed in Scopus. This indicator will allow users to easily identify Open Access journals within Scopus via the ‘Browse Sources’ link. This link provides an alphabetical list of all journals, book series, trade publications, and conference proceedings available in Scopus.

About Open Access in Scopus

Out of the +21,000 active journals indexed in

Release Date: 
July 29 2015
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Open Access
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Use Scopus to determine which sources an author cites most

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 17:49

Recently a librarian posted to @Scopus on Twitter about gathering statistics on an author’s citation trends. Here’s a way you can use tools on the Scopus author profile page to determine which sources an author cites most frequently.

  1. Perform an <Author Search> and search for the author of interest
  2. Find the correct author from the results list and click on the author’s name
  3. From the author’s detail page, find the ‘Author History’ box on the right and click on the number next to <References>
  4. This
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Tips and Tricks
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Author Profiles
Citations

Scheduled maintenance for Scopus and other Elsevier platforms on Saturday, August 1.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Mon, 07/27/2015 - 13:05

On Saturday, August 1, Scopus and other Elsevier platforms such as ScienceDirect, Engineering Village, Mendeley and SciVal will be unavailable due to a scheduled maintenance for approximately 4.5 hours starting at 06:00 PM EDT. Users will see a downtime message during this time period.

We recommend using the World Clock Time Zone Converter or a similar application to convert the announced planned outage time to your local time. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

To stay informed

Release Date: 
July 27 2015
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New Scopus Article Metrics: A better way to benchmark articles

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 07/29/2015 - 19:25

Altmetrics were never meant as a replacement to established metrics, rather as a way to augment mainstream bibliometrics. With the release of the new Article Metrics module on Scopus, we hope to bring altmetrics one step closer to dropping the “alt.”

The Scopus Article Metrics module was designed in accordance with 12 principles for the responsible use of metrics1 and includes new metrics based on four alternative metrics categories2 endorsed by the Snowball Metrics project:

  • Scholarly Activity —
Release Date: 
July 29 2015
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Metrics
Altmetrics
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