Elsevier Scopus 2020-2024

Full description

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Content includes:

24,600+ peer-reviewed journals (including 2,800 Gold Open Access journals)
390 trade publications
740+ book series
9 million+ Conference papers from proceedings and journals
194,000+ books, including monographs, edited volumes, major reference works and graduate level text books

Records include:

68 million post-1970 records, including references
6.5+ million pre-1970 records going back as far as 1788
8.5+ million Open Access articles

Over 25 million patents from five patent offices:

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
European Patent Office (EPO)
US Patent Office (USPTO)
Japanese Patent Office (JPO)
UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO.GOV.UK)

Features and functionality

A simple and intuitive interface
Linking to full-text articles and other library resources
Author Identifier to automatically match an author's published research
Citation Tracker to simply find, check and track citations in real-time
Affiliation Identifier to automatically identify and match an organisation with all its research output
Journal Analyzer provides a quick insight into journal performance
Alerts, RSS and HTML feeds to stay up-to-date
Document Download Manager to easily download and organise multiple full-text articles simultaneously
Interoperability with ScienceDirect, Reaxys and Engineering village Data export via bibiliographic managers such as RefWorks, EndNote, BibTeX and Mendeley
Altmetric indicators at an article level via Plum X integration
Research Data serach via integration with Mendeley Data

Citation Tracker

The Scopus Citation Tracker is the simple way to find, check and track citation data. Available to anyone with a Scopus subscription, it lets you track data year by year for a specific author or topic. Users can evaluate:

The most highly cited author in a field and check that author's relevance
The real-time citation data of articles and authors of interest
What topics are hot in familiar or unfamiliar subject areas
What subjects are being cited by other subjects

Scopus API

The Scopus Application Program Interface (API) lets you creatively interact with Scopus data by building mashups. It allows users to access and use Scopus data inside and outside of the traditional library domain through applications based on the API.

The API returns Scopus data in a format that easily integrates into an application or a web site. While registration and use of the interface will be open to non-customers, Scopus customers will have access to more data.

For more information visit the Elsevier developer portal.

Current Research Information System (CRIS)

Scopus data can be used in conjunction with CRIS. The following CRIS have implemented tools to extract data from Scopus:

http://www.atira.dk/en/pure/
Symplectic: http://www.symplectic.co.uk/about.html
Converis: https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/converis/

Options: Multi-year commitment and annual commitment for current subscribers (via quotation) and multi-year commitment and annual commitment for new subscribers (Jisc Banded). Review the licence terms for associated opt-out provision for each commitment option.

The offer: Institutions should review the offer document for full agreement terms for the annual and multi year pricing (quotes for current subscribers will be displayed below in the 'Product Content Options and Pricing' drop down, when logged in).

Invoicing: The publisher invoices for this agreement.

Publisher contacts

Charles Martinez
Email: c.martinez@elsevier.com
Tel: 07342 067452

Harry Maltby
Email: h.maltby@elsevier.com
Tel: 07950 150409

Publisher selection policy

The content that Scopus covers is driven by user demand. A Content Selection and Advisory Board comprised of researchers and librarians reviews new sources for inclusion. All titles that conform to academic quality norms, specifically peer-review, and are published in a timely manner are accepted for consideration. Scopus covers titles from all geographical regions including non-English titles as long as English abstracts can be provided.

Additional information

Description timeline

Abstracts go back to 1966. References go back to 1996.

Update Type

Information not available.

Update Notes

Information not available.

Standards compliance

Accessibility

Elsevier is committed to complying with the accessibility standards under Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act and the WAI guidelines, and have strived to match these requirements as closely as possible.

Authentication

Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens and IP address range.

Federated searching

Scopus has developed an XML gateway allowing Scopus content to be targeted from federated search portals that are used by customers with a full licence to Scopus.

The current list of vendors and products enabled to use the Scopus XML gateway are:

ENCompass for Resource Access v3.5 or higher, by Endeavor Information Systems (http://www.endinfosys.com)
MetaLib v3.13 or higher, by ExLibris (http://www.exlibris-usa.com), available from Dec. 2005 onwards

If you use one of these products and have them configured correctly, you will only need to contact Scopus E-Customer Service (nlinfo@scopus.com) to have your Scopus account set up for federated search access.

Full text linking

There are a variety of flexible linking options based on your needs and resources. Scopus integrates with a library's resources in a number of ways:

Links to full-text can be implemented via a library's link resolver as it is compliant with the OpenURL standard
Links to other services within the library can be activated, such as to a library's OPAC or other (subscribed) databases
Document delivery and interlibrary loan can be set up so that a customised link directs users to a Web form chosen by the library

Information on how to set up OpenURL links is available.

Personalisation

Many of the features and functions available in Scopus are based on the user's personal preferences and, therefore, require a one-time registration and a per-session login.

The Register/Login box appears at the top of all pages within Scopus until you log in. Users may set up an individual password, or use their Athens password. Once logged in users may create, save and edit regular search alerts, document citation alerts and results lists under their individual profile.

For more information visit the Help menu in Scopus and click on Registration or My Alerts. http://www.scopus.com/scopus/standard/help

Post search options

Refine results: Scopus allows you to start your search broadly and narrow down to your relevant results using tools such as "Refine Results". Located just above your results list, this feature provides an overview of your results according to source title, author name, year, document type and subject area
Scopus citation tracker is the simple way to find, check and track citation data. With the Scopus citation tracker you can evaluate:
- the most highly cited author in a field and check that author's relevance
- the real time citation data of articles and authors of interest
- what topics are hot in familiar and unfamiliar subject areas
- what subjects are being cited by other subjects
Users of RefWorks: Scopus Edition will benefit from a sophisticated level of interoperability between the two services, giving researchers an uninterrupted workflow when finding and managing their research information. For more information visit http://www.refworks.com/content/products/scopus/content.asp
H-index: contemporary metric, developed by Professor J. Hirsch from the University of California, San Diego, that assesses all of an author's work published over his lifetime. H-index considers Scopus articles published after 1995
Journal analyser: Updated bi-monthly, it provides a summary of a journal's publication frequency, number of papers published in each issue and paper type. Combined with the graph data, it gives all the statistics you need to make an informed decision about where to publish
Export up to 1,000 results through RefWorks direct export, or in RIS or ASCII format to reference management software such as Endnote
Print or email up to 200 results

Search options

Scopus supports the following search options:

Basic search: begin your search directly from the homepage
Advanced search: enter a command line search using Boolean operators
Quick search: runs a search on title, abstract, author keyword, index keywords and author fields
Author search: enter an author name and find all articles associated with that author
Refer to your search history: a session based overview of up to 50 searches allows you to review results, edit your searches, save them for a future session or set up an alert to receive new results by email
Affiliation identifier: identifies and matches an organisation with all its research results