March 2017

Get to the right information faster with Scopus search results page improvements

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 03:53

Beginning last September, the look and feel of Scopus has been gradually changing. For a re-cap of what changed in both September and December of last year (including changes to the main search pages), please refer to the following posts:

This month includes changes to the document search result page, including the ability to create unique names when you save a search, making it easier to identify and organize your saved searches.

Release Date: 
March 2 2017
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Release
Features

Scopus is experiencing issues with outward linking and certain link resolvers

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Fri, 03/03/2017 - 19:48

Status Update: The issue that was affecting the outward linking and certain link resolvers has now been repaired. Thank you for your patience!

Original message: Scopus is currently experiencing issues with outward linking and certain link resolvers. Work is underway to resolve this issue and we will continue to update this blog and twitter (@Scopus) as updates are available. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

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Release

Elsevier is bringing the SciVal and Scopus community together for knowledge sharing and networking

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Tue, 03/21/2017 - 17:13

Elsevier is bringing the SciVal and Scopus community together for two days of updates, knowledge sharing and networking. The inaugural SciVal and Scopus European User Conference is taking place in the majestic city of Amsterdam at the EYE Film Institute. This event is free to attend for SciVal and Scopus users from European academic institutions and corporates.

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SciVal
Research Intelligence

Scopus currently experiencing issues

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 22:56

Users may be experiencing issues loading certain pages in Scopus. Work is underway to resolve this issue and we will continue to update this blog and Twitter (@Scopus) as updates are available. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. 

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outage

New on Scopus: Link to datasets, search funding acknowledgements and find more CiteScore transparency

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Tue, 03/28/2017 - 22:32

March has been an especially busy month for Scopus and to complete the month, we’ve introduced the following changes:

To learn more details about these changes, follow along below. Click on images to expand.

A special note for librarians at SciVal institutions: You can now can use Scopus

Release Date: 
March 29 2017
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Release
CiteScore metrics
SciVal
Funding