December 2015

How to use Scopus to identify key opinion leaders in 6 easy steps

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:28

Making sure you can identify partners and key influencers within your research field is an important part of the research process. With Scopus you can quickly and comprehensively track the major research players in your field. For example, looking at the field of oncology, you can determine who the key opinion leaders are in this area by following these 6 easy steps:

  1. Perform a <Document Search> on “oncology”
  2. <Limit> the years to 2013-2015 to ensure you get the most recent research on this area
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Corporate
Tips and Tricks

Scopus 2015 Review, Part 1: More content, but not at the expense of quality

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Mon, 12/14/2015 - 20:26

As 2015 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect upon the year and look at how Scopus has, and will continue to, evolve. Over the next 3 days we share key 2015 Scopus developments and their impact on the researcher. Each post will cover a different focus. This post, part 1, covers content expansion and quality. The next post, part 2, discusses features and functionality. And the final post, part 3, will look at data partnerships.  

In terms of content, Scopus has been growing exponentially

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Content
Books

Scopus 2015 Review, Part 2: New tools to help find, use and evaluate content

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Tue, 12/15/2015 - 21:10

As 2015 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect upon the year and look at how Scopus has, and will continue to, evolve. Over 3 posts, we share key 2015 Scopus developments and their impact on the researcher. Each post will cover a different focus.

Part one focused on Scopus content growth and quality. Today, we look at 2015 product developments.

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Metrics
Open Access
Altmetrics

Scopus 2015 Review, Part 3: A rise in the number of data partnerships

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 12/16/2015 - 21:17

As 2015 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect upon the year and look at how Scopus has, and will continue to, evolve. Over 3 posts, we share key 2015 Scopus developments and their impact on the researcher. Each post covers a different focus.

Part one focused on Scopus content growth and quality and part 2 looked at product developments changing the way you can find, use and evaluate content.

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Rankings
Reports
Research Intelligence

Personalizing your Scopus Experience

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 13:43

Personalizing your Scopus experience is easy - all you have to do is register for a Scopus username and password. By registering, you can take advantage of the personalization features Scopus offers to customize your Scopus experience.

With your username and password you can create targeted lists for future projects or create alerts to see when someone has cited your work.

Release Date: 
December 11 2015
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Tips and Tricks
Personalization

Scheduled maintenance for Scopus, ScienceDirect, Engineering Village and Mendeley on Sunday, December 20, 2015

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified)
on Tue, 12/15/2015 - 13:26

Due to scheduled maintenance Scopus, ScienceDirect, Engineering Village and Mendeley will experience a brief service outage on Sunday December 20 between 12:00 a.m. EST( 5:00 a.m. GMT) and 12:00 p.m. EST(5:00 p.m. GMT).
This brief outage is not expected to last more than 10 minutes.

Please use The World Clock Time Zone Converter to convert the announced planned outage time to your local time.

Release Date: 
December 15 2015
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Maintenance
Downtime

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