Scopus Conference Expansion Program exceeds targets

We are happy to announce that the Scopus Conference Expansion Program (CEP) is now complete, exceeding its original goal with over 1,000 conference titles, 6,000 conference events and 400,000 conference papers newly covered in both Scopus and Ei Compendex. The Conference Expansion Program, which ran from 2011-2014, consistently focused on disciplines where the communication of findings at international meetings is especially important, primarily Computer Science and Engineering, boosting the citation levels of researchers in these fields.

Conference coverage currently represents around 15% of the content loaded in Scopus, where it provides an important additional component to the scientific literature. Besides filling gaps in the coverage of conference-oriented disciplines, the influx of CEP coverage helps users to monitor the emergence of new concepts in other subject areas, tracking their passage into formal research papers.

Covering the key period of 2005 to the present, the CEP content has been vetted for quality and relevance, and includes proceedings from the most scientifically credible serial and one-off global conferences. At the same time, the new conference-based content has also helped to broaden geographical conference coverage.

The CEP has been a key factor in decisions to select Scopus as the data source for national assessment exercise, further highlighting the superiority of Scopus’ coverage.