WOS – Scopus Comparison Presented by: Gali Halevi Title: ADM Date: 07-08-2009

Differences in Search Options Options include database selection 3 levels of query construction

Differences in Search Options Cited Reference Search Indexes available for Author and Work. No Affiliation index Advanced Search Form

Differences in Search Options Scopus has more search options

Search Results Display 26,862 results 8 Collapsible Refinement Facets 33,667 Results Scopus doesn’t have country facet

Result Refinement Options Output is available through the “Analyze Results” feature Refinement can be done one facet at a time Refinement can be done through multiple facets at a time.

Facet View [Countries] - WOS

Facet View [Subject Area] More specific subject areas, long tail

Source Title * More articles covered in “Vaccine” journal * Slight differences in Journal of Virology and Virology due to coverage before 1996 on WOS Scopus covers international titles (1,108 from The journal Voprosy Virusologii (Russia) NOT covered in WOS

Language Scopus covers more languages

Indexes In Scopus there are Author, Affiliation and Journal

Indexes Search View

Index Results Screen Robust analysis Affiliation Clustering Ability to search only by “group”, no clustering or analysis

Journal Citations Reports- WOS Step 1: Journal searching / Selection Step 2: Each title links to a Full journal report

Journal Citations Reports- WOS

Journal Citations Reports- WOS

Journal Citations Reports 1- WOS

Journal Citations Reports 2- WOS

Journal Citations – Scopus Robust Overview options Citation tracking Ability to combine data

Impact Factor Analysis

Related Journals in the Journal Citations Reports- WOS

Citations Analysis - WOS Citation mapping is available per record ** Visual Maps could not be captured Scopus enables citation analysis For grouped results

Analysis Options

Record Level More analysis options available per record

Profiling – Highly Cited Feature Author “profiling”

Researcher Profile

Profiling: Research _ ID Tool

Profiling on Scopus Scopus offers robust author tracking and ability to match authors names Scopus has more profile options: Citation analysis from profile page References analysis Web search results Collaborations Access to documents and citations from author profile

Scopus offers robust author tracking and

ability to match authors names

Scopus has more profile options:

Citation analysis from profile page

References analysis

Web search results

Collaborations

Access to documents and citations from

author profile

Output Options Scopus offers more output options in various formats

Search History Same functions of search history

Additional Resources (Free on WOS) Scientific Web Plus: Equivalent to Scirus Http:// scientific .thomson webplus .com Science Watch: Latest research topics in Science and Technology http://sciencewatch.com Biology Browser: www. biologybrowser .org Index of Organism Names: http://www.organismnames.com/