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Last year, we introduced a library of video and written case studies in which university leaders from around the world share how they are using Scopus, SciVal and Pure to answer pressing challenges faced by their researchers and research managers.

Now added to the library are three new videos featuring university leaders in Taiwan. In their own words, hear about the role Scopus and SciVal play in shaping research strategies, improving rankings with THE and QS, and facilitating international collaboration for their institutions:

• SciVal In Their Words: Yao-Ting Sung, Executive Vice President of National Taiwan Normal University, on using SciVal to help broaden the university’s strategic vision.
• SciVal In Their Words: Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, President of Asia University, on using SciVal to promote international collaboration.
• SciVal In Their Words: Tao-ming Cheng, President of Chaoyang University of Technology, on using SciVal to improve institutional rankings.

As the age of electronic publishing has matured, researchers, publishers, bibliometricians, librarians, institutional leaders and others in academia have been exploring ways to bring research metrics into the 21st century. Journal metrics continue to be important in the research community, alongside metrics for measuring other entities such as articles, researchers, institutions, subject areas, and so forth.

Today, Scopus is expanding its basket of metrics by adding CiteScore™ metrics — a family of eight indicators that offer complementary views to analyze the impact of all serial titles — including journals — on Scopus.

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Easy and free to access, the family of CiteScore metrics include:

• CiteScore
• CiteScore Tracker
• CiteScore Percentile
• CiteScore Quartiles
• CiteScore Rank
• Citation Count
• Document Count
• Percentage Cited

A new standard and how it works:

CiteScore is essentially the average

A few weeks ago, The Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB) met in Toronto for its biannual meeting. During the meeting they discussed and made decisions regarding content and content policies. Some of the main discussion items included publication ethics, the Scopus journal re-evaluation process, and the overall review and acceptance process. The recommendations of the CSAB directly influence the overall direction of Scopus and the prioritization of new content requests to ensure that Scopus stays international and relevant for the global research community. As we continue to report on CSAB led initiatives and Scopus policy decisions, we also wanted to bring the members of the content board closer to you, letting them share who they are, what they do and their vision for the breadth and depth of Scopus content. You can find a list of the board members here, but also hear from some of our members in these 3 videos: