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2013 SNIP and SJR journal metrics now available in Scopus

on Tue, 07/22/2014 - 16:53

When evaluating the performance of a journal (or an article or individual researcher), we believe that the research community benefits from having access to a broad range of metrics to better understand performance – it's impossible for one metric to serve all the necessary purposes.

Since 2010 Scopus has offered two journal metrics – the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) and the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) – via the Journal

Release Date: 
July 22 2014

Scopus launches a simplified Chinese interface

on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 14:51

Scopus has launched a Simplified Chinese interface and help files. This development applies to the general user interface and is intended to improve the usability and teach-ability of Scopus in mainland China. The Simplified Chinese interface can be selected from the Scopus page footer and will allow users to more easily activate personalization features and alerts in their local language.

 

We welcome your impressions and feedback regarding these developments and encourage you to share your

Release Date: 
May 31 2014

The new Scopus author profile page has arrived

on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 07:57

In conjunction with this year’s Scopus 10 year anniversary, the team embarked on a site improvement program that resulted in the launch of a more streamlined interface in February.  With the overall Scopus house looking better it was time to give the Author Profile page a closer look.

 

Newly revamped, old distractions on the Author Profile page are gone and the best tools remain. For example, if an ORCID ID is associated with a

Release Date: 
May 31 2014

Scopus changes RIS tags used for export

on Mon, 06/02/2014 - 08:17

We have changed some of the RIS tags to better support the most popular reference managers. As a result, some data is not exporting to specific reference managers -- EndNote, for example -- while it was before the May 31 release.

If you were using a translation filter before 31 May 2014, you may not need it anymore; please try a direct RIS export from Scopus. If you have created your own mapping of Scopus fields in the reference manager, please use this updated RIS field document to adjust the

Release Date: 
May 31 2014

Scopus releases minor enhancements to results page

on Wed, 04/09/2014 - 17:11

Based on user feedback received since the redesign of Scopus, additional improvements have been made to the interface. On April 9 we have released the following updates:

  • Numbering of the search results on the document results page;

  • Additional information on hover-over in the ‘Source’ column on the results page, such as volume and issue number.

To provide feedback on these enhancements, feel free to email us at Scopus Marketing.

Release Date: 
April 9 2014
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Scopus released new interface on February 1

on Thu, 02/13/2014 - 12:24

The Scopus 10thanniversary release went live on February 1. The primary goal of the redesign was to optimize core workflows. This means effort was made to minimize the number of steps a researcher needs to take to accomplish a given task. Specifically, we focused on streamlining our interface to support the most common use cases.

 

For a detailed review of the changes, please view the video or read the full release notes (PDF).

 

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