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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.

Meet the Team: Elavenhil (Ela) Pallipatti Mohan, Senior Engagement Manager

Submitted by Rachel McCullough
on Mon, 12/13/2021 - 14:46

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: Elavenhil Pallipatti Mohan (Ela)

Job title: Senior Engagement Manager 

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I

Discover richer research signals with new and improved Scopus functionality

Submitted by Elizabeth Gibson
on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 13:58

Dive into the major improvements to Scopus.com across 2021 

With the world of research constantly evolving, it’s critical to continue improving the tools and insights available to understand your field and the impact of your work. Our product teams are always seeking new opportunities to grow and improve Scopus, to help you make high-value decisions with confidence.

  • We’ve undertaken an ambitious redesign of the Scopus website to optimize user experience, improve functionality and move over to

See how your research impacts policy: Overton policy citations are live on Scopus!

Submitted by Elizabeth Gibson
on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 13:43

Over 7.8 million policy citations have been added to nearly 3 million items in Scopus

Institutional stakeholders, including researchers, librarians, and research leadership are being asked to demonstrate the impact of their research on society. With the addition of policy citation data on Scopus, you can now quickly and easily see where research has been cited in policy documents.

Preprint content in Scopus Author Profiles continues to grow with the addition of SSRN

Submitted by Elizabeth Gibson
on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 23:48

In January this year, we used this blog to share the good news that preprints have been added to Scopus Author Profiles as a content type to help you get an early view into the research focus of peers and potential collaborators. Preprints can be a helpful complement to peer-reviewed literature to gain insight into researcher endeavors.

At that stage, we enriched 1 million author profiles with more than 900,000 preprints dating back to 2017. Those preprints were drawn from the main preprint

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New Author Feedback Wizard (AFW) improvements: we’ve optimized the user journey and added preprints data

Submitted by Elizabeth Gibson
on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 23:18

We are pleased to announce a host of Author Feedback Wizard (AFW) enhancements, designed to save you time and improve the quality and accuracy of your Scopus Author Profiles.

So, what’s changed in the AFW?

  1. We’ve simplified the wizard and introduced modular options that support faster and easier updates.
  2. You can now use the AFW to provide feedback on any preprints linked to your profile.
  3. The AFW supports more granular and detailed feedback than ever before.  

The old AFW workflow

Prior to the

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September 8 2021
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