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What is SCOPUS? Scopus, launched in November 2004, contains both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,804 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields Scopus at a glance More than 19,804 titles 47.5 million records Features and functionality designed to support and improve researchers workflow 6
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Scopus at a glance 375 million scholarly Web items, E-prints, thesis, Dissertations, patents Fastest route to FullText Focused web information Academic library sources World s Largest Abstract & Citation Database >19,804 titles STM & Social sciences 5,000 publishers 15% Elsevier sources 85% other publishers 8
Broadest source for research answers 19,804 active titles 18,819 Peer reviewed journals 405 Trade journals 332 Book series 248 Conf. series A rich and extended coverage including 21M pre-1996 records 26.5M post-1995 records 47.5M total records 6.5k pre-1996 conf. events 10.5k post-1995 conf. events 0.84 M book items 40 languages covered Content from more than 5,000 publishers Articles in Press from more than 3,750 titles Abstracts going back to 1823 380 M integrated scientific websites 24 M Patents 9
Breadth of coverage across subject areas Physical Sciences 6,600 Health Sciences 6,300 Social Sciences 6,350 Life Sciences 4,050 Chemistry (100% Medline) Psychology Neuroscience Physics Nursing Economics Pharmacology Engineering Dentistry Business Biology etc., etc., A&H etc., etc., More than 19,804 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area 10
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Metrics for Journal Evaluation (www.journalmetrics.com) SCImago Journal Rank SJR Developed by SCImago Felix de Moya, University of Granada Main feature: prestige metric similar to Google PageRank Is weighted by quality, subject field and reputation of the Journal Share a journal s prestige equally over the total number of citations in Journal Source-Normalized Impact per Paper SNIP Developed by Henk Moed, CWTS, University of Leiden Main feature: contextual citation impact Is weighted by total number of citations in the Subject field Consider how quickly a paper is likely to have an impact in a given field 28
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h-index in Scopus Developed in 2005 by Jorge Hirsch, a condensed-matter physicist and peace activist from University of California in San Diego The h-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations. Nature (2005) The h-index combines quantity and quality, productivity and influence Ignores the highly & poorly cited papers Dynamic, not a static number can change as citations increase, realtime in Scopus 42
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35 documents written after 1995 Article Rank Number No. of Citations A scientist has index 14 if 14 of his 35 papers after 1995 have at least 14 citations each and the other 21 (35-15) papers have no more than 14 citations each. 44
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