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The Scopus Content Coverage Guide: A complete overview of the content coverage in Scopus and corresponding policies

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Wed, 05/03/2023 - 19:41

Scopus delivers the broadest coverage of any interdisciplinary abstract and citation database. Covering 240 disciplines, researchers, instructors, librarians and students who rely on Scopus are confident that the odds of missing key publications are greatly reduced.

Researchers trust the information and data they discover with Scopus because the content on Scopus comes from over 7,000 publishers that must be reviewed and selected by

Elsevier is committed to transparent, compliant use and reuse of 3rd party content

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 16:59

Elsevier works regularly with 3rd party content providers (CPs) to index content and make the data available in databases, data services, and on platforms.

As part of our commitment to transparent, compliant use and reuse of 3rd party content, Elsevier has undertaken initiatives to define and communicate its Governance of rights and Trustworthy Partner approach.

Meet the Team: Nancy Hu, Publishing Relations Manager

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 10/27/2022 - 16:42

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: Nancy Hu

Job title: Publishing Relations Manager

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My education background includes economics,

Redesign of Combine queries feature on Scopus

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Tue, 07/19/2022 - 15:56

Based on user feedback, Scopus has redesigned the 'Combine queries' function to be a more intuitive feature.

Scopus users will now see a refreshed user interface with a ‘Combine’ button in their Search History list after conducting two or more searchers.

New checkboxes have been added to the list of Search History queries so the user can select which queries they would like to combine.

Scopus now includes preprint content from two additional preprint servers: TechRxiv and Research Square

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Mon, 07/11/2022 - 16:17

As part of our effort to provide access to an array of early indicators to help build a view of expertise and impact across the research life cycle, Scopus continues to increase its preprint coverage.

In September 2021, we announced that we had begun adding content from the Social Sciences preprint server SSRN.

Now we are excited to announce the inclusion of two additional preprint servers: TechRxiv, which is the preprint server by IEEE in the areas of engineering, computer science, and

Scopus Roadmap: What's New in 2022?

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 13:38

We are continuously adding content!

There are currently 87+ million records in Scopus from 27.1K serials, 140K conferences and 261K books. Scopus is updated daily with approximately 11,000 new articles per day indexed.

In 2021 we added 4,042,234 items (+4.74%).

This included:

  • 1198 journals (+4.8%)
  • 18K stand-alone book titles (+7%)
  • 170K book items (+8%)
  • 576K conference papers (+5%)

 

Here’s a guide to our 2022 development

CiteScore 2021 value are now live!

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 06/09/2022 - 01:05

CiteScore 2021 values are now available in Scopus!

CiteScore helps researchers to determine which serial title to read, where to publish their research, and to showcase their research outputs.

See CiteScore 2021 values here.

There are over 15,000 titles which have a CiteScore 2021 but no Impact Factor.

Understanding societal impact just got easier: We added the UN SDGs to the Document details page

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 15:00

As part of our ongoing work to enhance the research signals and insights that Scopus delivers, in January 2022, we added a new option to the Document details page.

Alongside the publication’s metrics, we will list the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) relevant to that paper.

The list of SDGs that a publication is linked to can be found below the Indexed keywords on the Document details page.

Go from discovery to full-text access on Scopus! New full-text options available now

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 14:34

Scopus aims to provide the most streamlined path from discovery to access, to enable you to find and make use of full-text version of the research content you are looking for. Wherever possible, we aim to link to the version of record (VOR), also known as the final published version. When this is not possible, we now provide access to the repository/Green Open Access (Green OA) version, when available. Learn more about our updated full-text options on the Scopus Document Details page.

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Scopus filters for Open Access type and Green OA full-text access option

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 18:39

Scopus Open Access filters and new Green OA full-text access

In December 2020, Scopus introduced Open Access filters, providing greater clarity on the type of open access options for a given search.

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