Scopus Advanced Features

Alissa V. Fial, MA, MLIS Reference/Education Librarian

Topics to Be Covered

• Scopus—Background Information • Set Up an Account in Scopus • Journal Analytics • Author Searching • Citation Tracking

Scopus

• Covers scientific literature citations and web resources

• Content updated daily • 46 million records • Over 18,000 titles • Includes conference papers and proceedings,

scientific web pages, and patents

Access

Account Set Up

• Register – Name – Email/Password – Areas of Research/Role – Optional: emails from Elsevier – Not Optional: agreement

• Check for registration email • Log-in

Journal Analytics

• Information about the journal – Publisher – Dates of Coverage – SJR – SNIP – Citations – Docs – Percent Not Cited – Percent Reviews

SJR – SCImago Journal Rank

• Status of the journal • Follows methodology similar to Google’s

algorithm • Weighted for each citation • Note: Not an Impact Factor

– Consider using when the journal does not have an Impact Factor

SNIP – Source-Normalized Impact per Paper

• Ratio of a source’s average citation count per paper to the citation potential in the specific subject field

• “Corrects” across research fields • Citations counts in Social Sciences are lower than Life

Sciences

Other Features

• Citations – Total number of citations received by journal in each

year • Docs

– Total number of documents published in the journal in each year

• Percent Not Cited – Percentage of articles not cited in each year

• Percent Reviews – Percentage of articles that are review

Journal Impact Factor

• Journal Citation Reports (JCR) – Impact factor of journal – Subject search – Journal title search

Sample Search

• Research: “Aqueous humor dynamics” • Look for a journal with “eye” in the title

• Where should I publish? – Journal analytics – Compare three journals

Sample Search

• Select “Sources” from dashboard • Type in “eye” in the search box • Review results

Sources selected from Dashboard

Search for eye

Results

Sample Search

• Journal Information – Subject area – Publisher – ISSN/e-ISSN – Scopus dates of coverage – Documents available (viewable by year)

Subject area

Publisher

ISSN/e-ISSN

Scopus dates of coverage

View list of documents available

by year

Sample Search

• Journal analytics – Compare three journals:

1. Experimental Eye Research 2. Current Eye Research 3. Eye

– Create a line chart – Email the information

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Note: as we talked about you can view the SJR, SNIP, Citations, Docs, Percent Not Cited and Percent Reviews

Author Searching

• Information about the author – Affiliation – Number of documents – Subject area – Author Evaluator

• Performance of Author • h-index

– Measures an individual’s work – Based upon author’s citations and number of times an author

has been cited

Sample Search

• Author: Carol Toris

Select Author Search Tab

Author’s Last name and Initials or First Name

Select Search

Multiple Authors Listed

• Why does this happen? – Scopus uses an algorithm to decide which

documents get attached to each author • Includes names, affiliations, email addresses

– When Scopus does not feel 100% certain of a match, they will create another profile

Combine Authors

• Use when other names listed are possible • Select the names • Click on “search documents”

– The search OR’s the results

Show the Documents

Select the names

Search Query

Combine Authors

• Find potential author matches – Review the author names provided – Select View Grouped with Author – Results will show two columns:

1. Original author selected 2. Results of grouping

– May save group

First Author Searched

Author grouping results

Save the group

Merge Author

• Use when other names are possible • Use for the authors you know or if you are the

author • Steps:

1. Review authors 2. Select preferred name 3. Review profile 4. Submit merge request to Scopus

Select the names

Request to merge authors

Press Start

Step 1: Review Authors

Press Next Choose preferred

name from list

Step 2: Select Preferred Name

Edit documents

Press Next

Step 3: Review Profile

Press Submit

Prepare email/ Include any comments

Step 4: Submit Merge Changes to Scopus

Request Author Detail Changes

• Use when other names are possible • Use for the authors you know or if you are the

author • Steps:

1. Select author(s) to include 2. Select preferred name 3. Review documents

– Search for missing documents 4. Review profile 5. Submit changes to Scopus

Step 1: Select Author(s) to Include

Press Start

Step 2: Select Preferred Name

Choose preferred name from list

Press Next

Step 3: Review Documents

Choose any Incorrect articles

Search for Missing Documents

Press Search for missing documents

Search for Missing Documents

Type in search terms or article title

Press search

Search for Missing Documents

Choose articles

Add selected articles

Step 4: Review Profile

Press Next

Step 5: Submit Changes

Prepare email/ Include any comments

Press Submit

Author Page • Personal

– Name (including other possible listings) • Research

– Documents – References – Citations – h-index – Co-authors – Web Search – Subject areas

• History – Date range of publication

Personal

Research

History

Set Up Email Alert

• E-mail – Email notifications for every time the author

publishes – Email notifications for every time the author is

cited

Alert when Author Publishes

Alert when Author is Cited

Author Evaluator

• Documents – Sources – Document types – Years – Subject areas – Co-authors

• h-index • Citations

– Number per year

Author Evaluator

Documents Pie Chart

h-index Graph

Citations Graph

Citation Tracking

• Track the number of times an article has been cited (can go as far back as 1996)

• Authors may use to track own work • May exclude author’s self-citations

Exclude Self Citations

Date Range

Affiliation Searching

• Type full name of institution • Can group affiliations

Affiliation Page • Name

– Including other possible listings • Research

– Documents – Authors – Patents

• Collaborating affiliations – Listing

• Find potential matches • Set Up Document Alerts • Subject Areas

– Chart for subject areas of publication

Name

Research

Collaborating Affiliations

Potential Matches

Set up Document

Alerts

Subject Areas

Thank you!

alissa.fial@unmc.edu 402-559-6836