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OVERVIEW OF SCOPUS & HOW TO GET
YOUR JOURNAL INDEXED IN SCOPUS
Ng HuiLing
Product Sales Manager
Elsevier is a leading Science & Health Information Provider
RESEARCH MGMT
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CONTENT PROVISION ‘E’ CONTENT PROVISIONSEARCH & DISCOVERY
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Niels Bohr Physics
Louis Pasteur
(Chemistry)
Alexander Fleming
Medicine
Albert Einstein Physics
George F. Smoot Physics
Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry
Craig C Mello Medicine
John C. Mather Physics
A researcher reads > 300 articles per year
42% regarded as ‘important’
3.7 Hrs spent
SEARCHING for
articles per week
5.6 Hrs spent
READING articles per
week
6 articles read
per week
Researchers spend an average
10 hours per week searching
for and reading articles
….of which, 3.5 hours is spent searching for research articles and 5.5 hours reading.• Researchers in Chemistry and Life
Science spend longer than average searching for articles and chemists spend longer reading
• Younger researchers spend > 4hrs a week searching.
• Researchers from China spend longer searching (six hours) and reading (nine hours) articles than any other country.
n=4,225
• A researcher typically reads six articles per week.
• Chemists read nine per week. Mathematicians
read four articles per week.
• China-based researchers read one more than
average per week (7 articles).
• After searching and reading for 10 hrs per week
only 42% of the papers read are considered
important.
Scopus is designed to accelerate the literature research process
1) What’s the best journal for my
research?
2) Related interdisciplinary, global, research?
3) Who is citing my work?
4) What’s the trend - is this a growing or declining field?
5) Who else is working on this in
my country or elsewhere in the
world?
5,000 publishers
Global coverage
All disciplines
360 book series
20,500 journals
69% agree that Scopus saves them time in the research process
Broadest source for research answers
19,452Peer reviewed journals
407Trade journals
361Book series
A rich and extended coverage including
21.2M pre-1996 records 29M post-1995 records>50M records
64k pre-1996 conf events 5M total conference records (10%)
844k book items
Content from more than 5,000 publishers
“Articles in Press” from more than 3,750 titles
Abstracts going back to 1823
40 languages covered
380 m integrated scientific websites
24 Million Patents
20,470active titles
249Conf. series
Total average processing time: 5 days
Breadth of coverage across subject areas
More than 19,500 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area
Health Sciences 6,300
• (100% Medline)
• Nursing
• Dentistry
• etc.,
Social Sciences 6,350
• Psychology
• Economics
• Business
• A&H
• etc.,
Life Sciences 4,050
• Neuroscience
• Pharmacology
• Biology
• etc.,
Physical Sciences 6,600
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Engineering
• etc.,
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Number of documents in Scopuswith South East Asian country affiliation in 2008 – 2012
Active titles in Scopus:
Singapore: 80Malaysia: 45Thailand: 26Philippines: 12Indonesia: 12Vietnam: 0
PhilippinesIndonesia
VietnamMalaysia
ThailandSingapore
Breadth of coverage SE Asia
More expansive coverage does not mean
lower standards
Titles are selected by
the independent
Content Selection &
Advisory Board (CSAB)
Focus on quality through selection by independent CSAB,
because:
•Provide accurate and relevant search results for users
•No dilution of search results by irrelevant or low quality content
•Support that Scopus is recognized as authoritative
•Support confidence that Scopus is “reflecting the truth”
•Assurance that titles selected by Scopus meet the highest ethical standards
Scopus title evaluation process
Publisher
Suggest title
Check
minimum criteria “Enrich” titles
Review titles
CSAB
External
reviewer
and make decision
Titles processed via the online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP)
Scopus selection criteria
Journal
policy
• Convincing editorial concept/policy
• Level of peer-review
• Diversity in geographic distribution of editors
• Diversity in geographic distribution of authors
Quality of
content
• Academic contribution to the field
• Clarity of abstracts
• Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope
• Readability of articles
Journal
standing
• Citedness of journal articles in Scopus
• Editor standing
Regularity • No delay in publication schedule
Online
availability
• Content available online
• English-language journal home page
• Quality of home page
Minimum criteria
• Peer-review
• English abstracts
• Regular publication
• References in Roman script
• Publication ethics statement
Title suggestions per country All title suggestions received in 2012
2,820 titles suggested in 2012 of which 1,020 acceptable for review
Titles reviewed
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2012: Total 1,271 titles reviewed of which 47% accepted
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List of Indonesia Journals in Scopus
Journal Title Publisher Status
Acta medica Indonesiana Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine Active
BiotropiaSoutheast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO BIOTROP) Active
Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Diponegoro University Active
Critical Care and Shock Indonesian Society of Critical Care Medicine Active
Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business Universitas Gadjah Mada Active
Indonesian Journal of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry, Gadjah MadaUniversity Active
International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics
The School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung Active
ITB Journal of Engineering Science Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) ActiveITB Journal of Information and Communication Technology Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Active
ITB Journal of ScienceInstitute for Research and Community Services, Institut Teknologi Bandung Active
Nutrition Bulletin Persatuan Ahli Gizi Indonesia Active36th Annual Indonesian Petroleum Association Convention [IPA] (Jakarta, Indonesia, 5/23-25/2012) Proceedings Active
Indonesian Journal of Geography Gadjah Mada University Inactive
Indonesian Quarterly Centre for Strategic and International Studies Inactive
Scopus Book Coverage Expansion
(for non serial book publications)
More accurate author profiles
Improved coverage in A&H
Better discoverability of book content
Impact measurement for books
Indexing Book Series in Scopus
Book series that meet the following minimum criteria, can be reviewed for
Scopus coverage:
– Publish peer reviewed content
– Serial publication (i.e. have an ISSN)
– English language abstracts
– References in Roman script
– A publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
More information on the selection process and selection criteria:
http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selection
List of titles covered by Scopus, including book series:
http://www.info.sciverse.com/documents/files/scopus-
training/resourcelibrary/xls/title_list.xlsx
Type of books
Scopus will cover scholarly books that represent fully referenced, original research or literature reviews.
In Scope:
Monograph: An academic book on a small area of learning; also: a written account of a single thing.
Edited Volume: Edited books, monographs or short series of volumes consisting of contributions from a number of authors.
Major Reference Work: A book that contains useful facts and information (excluding dictionaries and some encyclopaedias)
Graduate level textbook: A book used in the study of a subject as, a) one containing a presentation of the principles of a subject, b) a literary work relevant to the study of a subject.
Not in Scope:
Dissertation, Undergraduate level text book, Atlas, Popular science book, Manual, Abstract book, Yearbook, Biography
Many researchers that too closely resemble one another.
Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Dr. Smith
Researchers publish under name variations.
Dr. Smith
Dr. J. Smith
Dr. James Smith
The Challenge: Scholarly Name Ambiguity
Dr. James Smith
46533489
ORCID Mission:ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers
The Solution: The ORCID Registry
Dr. Smith
Dr. J. Smith
Dr. James Smith
By issuing unique identifiers to all
researchers, ORCID aims to facilitate discovery and
evaluation for researchers, institutions, scholarly
societies and publishers.
46533489
Joins faculty or student body
Joins scholarly society
Applies for grant
Submits manuscript
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The (Future) Benefits of ORCID
Enter via Scopus2ORCID Wizard or from ORCID!
More than 100,000 ORCID IDs to date
Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up
orcid.scopusfeedback.com
Who is using Scopus?
Low Penetration
Mid-level Penetration
High Penetration
(2012 Analysis, by customer count)
Leading research institutes use Scopus
Rank Name of Institute Country
1 University of Cambridge UK
2 Harvard University US
3 Yale University US
4 University College London UK
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
6 University of Oxford UK
7 Imperial College London UK
8 University of Chicago US
9 California Institute of Technology US
10 Princeton University US
11 Columbia University US
12 University of Pennsylvania US
13 Stanford University US
14 Duke University US
15 University of Michigan US
16 Cornell University US
17 Johns Hopkins University US
18 McGill University Canada
19 ETH Zurich Switzerland
20 Australian National University Australia
Scopus
Non-Scopus
Measuring Metric Methodology
The Evolution of Journal Assessmenthttp://www.journalmetrics.com/documents/Journal_Metrics_Whitepaper.pdf
Bibliometricians agree that no single metric can effectively
capture the entire spectrum of research performance
because no single metric can address all key variables
Bibliometrics = quantitative measures used to asses
research output e.g. in a subject field, country, or journal by
researchers, their institutions and their publishers
Basic Premise = Citation is a form of endorsement
www.journalmetrics.com
More accuracy, More transparency, More options, More metrics!
+ + +A journal’s raw
impact per paper
Citation potential in
its subject field
Peer reviewed
papers only
A field’s frequency
and immediacy
of citation
Database
coverage
Journal’s scope
and focusMeasured relative to
database median
SNIP: Source-normalized impact per paper
Prestige metric: Prestige transferred when a journal cites
• Citations are weighted depending on where they come from
• A journal’s prestige is shared equally between its citations
Life Sciences
journal
High impact, lots of citationsOne citation = low value
Arts & Humanities
journal
Low impact, few on citations
One citation = high value
SJR normalizes for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields
SJR: SCImago Journal Rank
More analysis using Scopus:
Journal Analyzer
Transparency: freely and publicly accessible www.journalmetrics.com
Metrics based on Scopus.com: underlying database available for
transparency
Subject Field Normalization: allows for comparison independent of the
journals’ subject classification. Reflects most current journal scopes, thereby taking
ongoing changes into account
3-year citation window: demonstrably the fairest compromise
Manipulation-resistant: Article type consistency. Only citations to and from
articles, reviews, and conference papers are considered
Breadth of coverage: Scopus has over 20,500 sources: 19,500 journals as well
as trade publications, proceedings and book series.
CONS:
More complex methodology
Do not take amount of review content into account
Advantages of SNIP & SJR
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