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Meet the CSAB: Professor & Subject Chair Chris van Kessel

on Mon, 01/08/2024 - 22:18

This is the 2nd article in a series on the Scopus blog, featuring the Scopus Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB). The CSAB is an international and editorially independent group of scientists, researchers and librarians who represent the major scientific disciplines. Using strict title selection criteria, these experts determine whether journals are eligible for indexing in Scopus, and they continually re-evaluate these titles to make sure quality is maintained.  

Throughout this series,

New Scopus Researcher Discovery - a tool for making connections

on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 19:56

Do you need to quickly find a collaborator for a research project? 

Can you easily locate leading researchers in a discipline outside your own?   

Scopus Researcher Discovery solves these challenges by allowing users to conduct a keyword search to find relevant researcher matches and quickly build a view of the individuals contributing to a particular field. This functionality is now available to all A&G Scopus users globally.

Scopus Author profiles are now mobile friendly!

on Fri, 06/09/2023 - 19:24

We have now made Scopus Author Profiles fully mobile responsive, so that researchers can track their performance, and search for experts and collaborators, from anywhere, at any time.   Smartphone usage for research is increasing rapidly and our team received user requested for an improved mobile experience.

Release Date: 
June 15 2023

CiteScore 2022 update is live in Scopus!

on Thu, 06/08/2023 - 00:46

CiteScore metrics enrich the evaluation of serial titles and provide transparent data to help you measure the citation impact for journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade journals. This comprehensive, clear and current system of metrics for analysis can be accessed for free on Scopus.Enhance your assessment of journals, books, and conferences series with a comprehensive picture of the global scholarly publication

Release Date: 
June 7 2023

Scopus now includes 90 million + content records!

on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 22:02

90 million + content records is only part of the story

In addition to sharing our milestone, the Scopus team wanted to share Scopus data insights with Academic Researchers, Data Scientists and Librarians.     Data is key to Elsevier’s position as a leader in information and analytics for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.   As an expertly curated abstract and citation database, Scopus has data at its core.

Release Date: 
February 15 2023

Explore the redesigned Scopus Organizational Profile Page

on Wed, 01/25/2023 - 01:53

Starting January 25, 2023 Scopus users will be able to try a redesigned Organizational Profile Page.  The new page design was fueled by customer feedback and the product team's commitment to continually improving Scopus ease of use.  This redesign is a beta release and the product team will be collecting feedback over the next few months.  Please let us know what you think of the changes!

Release Date: 
February 7 2023

Times Higher Education 2023 World Rankings Released

on Tue, 10/11/2022 - 21:53

Time Higher Education (THE) released their 2023 World University Rankings today.  Click here to visit the THE World University Rankings site.   Elsevier is a proud partner of Times Higher Education, supplying the bibliometric dataset based on Scopus data for the 2023 THE World University Rankings.  If you have ever wondered how Scopus data is used in the rankings methodology, keep reading and take time to look at the resources shared below. 

Scopus data is used for only part of the overall THE

Release Date: 
October 12 2022

Try the redesigned Scopus Search Results Page!

on Wed, 08/17/2022 - 20:43

As part of our mission to improve user ease of use, we have redesigned the Scopus Search Results page.  The redesigned page was driven by user feedback and includes:

  • Search functionality on the search result page itself
  • User-friendly filters/facets and customized different views on how the results are displayed
  • An aesthetically pleasing and intuitive page layout

Trying the new page is easy

To try the new page, perform a Scopus search and click on the “Try the test version” button at the banner

Release Date: 
August 17 2022

What can I expect after submitting a Scopus Missing Content or Data Correction request?

on Mon, 06/20/2022 - 19:49

When an author, or their proxy submits a correction request to the Scopus Content Service Desk, it can feel a little like a black box.  We’ve clarified the process and timelines around the three biggest types of correction requests:

  • missing documents
  • inaccurate author profile details
  • missing content within documents.

When a request is submitted, it is sent to the appropriate Elsevier expert for review.

Release Date: 
June 20 2022
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