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Scopus alerting system updating on October 2nd

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Mon, 10/02/2017 - 15:00

Today, on October 2nd, Scopus alerts are migrating to a new system. During this time the “edit” and “create” functions will be deactivated for less than 24 hours. You will still continue to receive alert emails, but will not be able to create new alerts or modify existing alerts for that window of time. A message box will appear on the alerts page to notify users of the brief downtime.

What does this mean for alert recipients after the migration?

  • Your alerts will appear with a refreshed
Release Date: 
October 2 2017
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Alerts
Release

Scopus makes strides in data linking

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Thu, 09/28/2017 - 20:31

The ability to access and review the data behind research is a well sought after, but often elusive, resource. In recognition of this, Scopus has been working to incorporate new tools that can make it easier to search and share data. As part of a new initiative introduced earlier this year, Scopus has established two key partnerships: Scholix and DataSearch. Each provide different but complementary ways to connect researchers to each other’s data.

Scholix

Introduced in April of 2017, Scopus

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Data Linking
DataSearch
Scholix

What's new on Scopus: DataSearch linking, Affiliation page changes and updates to Alerts

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Thu, 09/28/2017 - 20:04

What’s new in Scopus? Below is an overview of the 3 most recent changes to note and explore.

  • DataSearch link integration
  • New look & feel for the Affiliation details page
  • Scopus Alerting system updating on October 2nd

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DataSearch

DataSearch (https://datasearch.elsevier.com/) is an Elsevier search engine dedicated to research data. It is the first search engine that can search not only in the description or metadata of the articles, but also in the data itself.

Release Date: 
September 28 2017
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Release
Alerts
Data Linking

PlumX Metrics now on Scopus: Discover how others interact with your research

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 23:12

PlumX Metrics – with five categories of metrics – is now the primary source of article-level metrics on Scopus alongside the Scopus citation count (along with percentile benchmarking) and Field-weighted citation impact.

How to get to the Article Metrics module on Scopus:

You can find the Article Metrics module on a Scopus Document details page, where a sidebar highlights the corresponding article-level metrics.

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Tips and Tricks
Plum Analytics
PlumX Metrics
Article-level metrics

What’s new on Scopus: PlumX Metrics, changes to Citation Overview pages and a new CiteScore widget

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 20:46

This week, the following changes have been made to Scopus:

  • PlumX Metrics are now integrated into the article-level metrics on Scopus
  • A new look and feel has been applied to the Citation Overview pages
  • A new CiteScore widget is now available

PlumX Metrics now integrated into the article-level metrics on Scopus

PlumX Metrics – with five categories of metrics – is now the primary source of article-level metrics on Scopus alongside the Scopus citation count (along with percentile benchmarking) and

Release Date: 
July 26 2017
Tags: 
Release
Plum Analytics
PlumX Metrics

Scopus Tip & Trick: How to export your bibliography from Scopus for use in NIH platforms and tools

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 20:09

Scopus uses a powerful algorithm to match researchers' papers to correct author profile(s). The algorithm analyzes deep data such as publishing history, author affiliation and co-citation behavior, to create robust public facing profiles on Scopus, displayed as the Author details page.
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NIH
Bibliography
Author Profiles
Export
Tips and Tricks

What’s new on Scopus: Errata linking, improvements to dataset linking and more

Submitted by Susannah Beatty...
on Wed, 06/28/2017 - 20:28

This week brought several changes and updates to Scopus. Read through this summary to find some of the key changes including a new errata linking feature, improvements to dataset linking, the addition of SNIP and SJR 2016 values, a new Russian interface and more. 

New errata linking feature

A new errata linking feature has been added to the Scopus Document details page, allowing you to quickly identify when a document has had changes or updates made after publication. The Erratum document type

Release Date: 
June 29 2017
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