Blogs

Understand Scopus and SciVal’s role in university rankings

Submitted by Aileen
on Fri, 02/12/2021 - 12:50

Ranking methodologies rely on data inputs from a range of external resources. These resources often include university and researcher data, relevant data on human resources, student administration, finances, and data from reputation surveys; each varying based on a league table's niche and focus.

Ranking organizations have increasingly turned to Elsevier's Scopus and SciVal for the research information and publication data used to formulate and implement their ranking methodologies.

Two such

Release Date: 
February 15 2021

Meet the Team: Surya Nedunchezhiyan, Engagement Manager

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Fri, 02/05/2021 - 14:59

This profile is part of a Scopus blog series, featuring the Research Content Operations team. This team looks after the relationships with all third parties such as publishers, societies and funding agencies whose content is included in Scopus, Engineering Village and other multi-publisher platforms. 

Name:  Surya Nedunchezhiyan

Job title:  Engagement Manager

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m a small-town person who moved to

Preprints are now in Scopus!

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 01/28/2021 - 21:39

We are excited to announce that Scopus is now incorporating preprints as a content type in Author Profiles to help Scopus users discover the latest contributions of a researcher. Preprints are non-peer-reviewed publications and are directly derived from arXiv, bioRxiv, ChemRxiv and medRxiv servers (with SSRN coming later this year) and follow their respective curation policies. Preprints do not affect existing publication and citation metrics in Scopus.

Scopus covers preprints from 2017

Scopus homepage re-design coming January 18

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 19:22

We are testing and improving the Scopus homepage over the next few months, starting with a refresh of the search form. This is to make it simpler, easier to use and more accessible based on direct feedback from our users.

We initially tested this new design with an A/B test (which you may have seen) and have been closely monitoring your feedback. The results indicate that the new design is performing better and helps users to more effectively search for valuable insights.

Meet the Team: Rachel Guenevere Brennesholtz, Senior Publisher Relations Manager

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 21:21

This profile is part of a Scopus blog series, featuring the Secondary Content Operations team. This team looks after the relationships with all third parties such as publishers, societies and funding agencies whose content is included in Scopus, Engineering Village and other multi-publisher platforms. 

Name: Rachel Guenevere Brennesholtz

Job title: Senior Publisher Relations Manager, Secondary Content

Meet the Team: Kalyani Sridhar, Senior Engagement Manager, Secondary Content Operations

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Wed, 12/23/2020 - 19:31

This profile is part of a Scopus blog series, featuring the Secondary Content Operations team. This team looks after the relationships with all third parties such as publishers, societies and funding agencies whose content is included in Scopus, Engineering Village and other multi-publisher platforms. 

Name:  Kalyani Sridhar 

Job title:  Senior Engagement Manager, Secondary Content Operations  

How would you explain your

Meet the Team: Sophie Wolthers, Director Publishing Relations

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Fri, 12/18/2020 - 20:45

Welcome to a new series on the Scopus blog, featuring the Secondary Content Operations team. This team looks after the relationships with all third parties such as publishers, societies and funding agencies whose content is included in Scopus, Engineering Village and other multi-publisher platforms. 

Name: Sophie Wolthers 

Job title: Director Publishing Relations 

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? 

Although Dutch by

Get the most out of your Author Profile | Register for our webinar 29 October

Submitted by Aileen
on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 07:44

Have you seen our newly redesigned Author Profiles pages?

Join us for a webinar on Thursday 29 October to learn ‘Scopus Author Profiles: How they work and how they can help showcase your research’ (further details below)

Save your seat

 

See a researchers's expertise & impact

It’s now much easier to see a researcher’s impact and field of expertise at a quick glance.

We have kept all the functionalities you loved, such as setting

University Rankings: A closer look for research leaders

Submitted by Aileen
on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 07:06

There are over 20 global university rankings reports or organizations alone; each has its own methodology, data sources and set of indicators. Just as each university is unique in its mission and purpose, each ranking and league table has its niche and focus. If you’re curious to learn more about University Rankings and how they work, take a look at this new guide, covering questions such as:

Scopus Roadmap: What's coming up in 2020 & 2021?

Submitted by Aileen
on Wed, 09/16/2020 - 09:13

In early 2020, we have made various updates to Scopus.com to improve search, analytics, and discovery of scientific innovation and collaborators.

 

We are continuously adding content

As of August 2020, Scopus has over 24,000 active titles indexed and is thereby the largest curated, peer-reviewed abstract and indexing database available to academic, government, and corporate institutions. In the past year, Scopus added 820 new journals, (+3.5% title growth). We have also added 225,000 books

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