Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. The presentation discusses Scopus' broad coverage across subject areas and publishers, its process for selecting content through an independent advisory board, and ongoing content expansion programs. Features of Scopus include cited reference tracking, author profiles, and new/updated mobile interfaces. ScienceDirect is also discussed as a full-text database that helps researchers save time finding and consuming relevant research articles through personalized recommendations, collaborative tools, and mobile accessibility. Mendeley is briefly introduced as a reference manager and academic social network for organizing research papers, collaborating with other researchers, and discovering new publications.

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Elizabeth Dyas
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Scopus
Scopus, ScienceDirect and
Mendeley
June 12, 2014

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Agenda of the Scopus presentation
• Scopus content coverage
• Scopus coverage of Kazakhstan content
• How does Scopus select journal content?
• How does Scopus select non-serial content
(books and conferences)
• What content expansion programs are ongoing?
• What features are new in Scopus?

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Elsevier helps support the research cycle that turns research into
knowledge and innovation
Input
(Usage &
application)
Process
Discover/Read
Cite/Share
Scientific
Outputs
Disseminate
Direct
Outcomes
Get Read
Get Cited

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Scopus content coverage

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What content does Scopus include?
Scopus is ideal compared to other products because it has the broadest
coverage of global, curated, relevant research, with smart, simple tools to
help track, analyze and visualize research.
53.3M records from 21,912 serial titles and 36,000 books
21.3M pre 1996 records | 32.0M post 1995 records
• Content from > 5,000 publishers
• “Articles in Press” from > 3,750 titles
• Titles from 105 different countries in all
geographical regions
• 40 “local” languages covered
• More than 2,800 Gold Open Access journals
indexed

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Scopus covers different source types for a reason
JOURNALS
• Timely
• Peer-reviewed
(formal research)
CONFERENCES
• Preliminary research
(can be a bit less
formal)
• Newer ideas
BOOKS
• Thorough analysis of
a specific topic
All subject fields, but
typical fields with high
ratio of journal
publication: chemical,
biological, health sciences
etc.
Mainly of importance in
Computer Science and
Engineering-related
subject fields
Mainly of importance in
Social Sciences and the
Arts & Humanities
Different source types are added to ensure that coverage, discoverability,
profiles and impact measurement for research in all subject fields is
accounted for in Scopus.

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CONFERENCES
17k events
5.5M records (10%)
Conf. expansion:
1,000 conferences
6,000 conf. events
400k conf. papers
5M citations
Mainly Engineering
and Physical
Sciences
BOOKS
421 book series
- 28K Volumes
- 925K items
34,485 books
- 356K items
Books expansion:
75K books by 2015
- Focus on Social
Sciences and A&H
PATENTS
24M patents
from 5 major
patent offices
JOURNALS
20,874 peer-reviewed journals
367 trade journals
- Full metadata, abstracts and
cited references (pre-1996)
- >2,800 fully Open Access titles
- Going back to 1823
- Funding data from
acknowledgements
Physical
Sciences
6,600
Health
Sciences
6,300
Social
Sciences
6,350
Life
Sciences
4,050
What content does Scopus include?

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Scopus article growth over last 10 years
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences

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Ratio of journals per Publisher in Scopus
10%
8%
5%
5%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%1%1%
Other
60%
Source: Scopus title list (May 2014)

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0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Documents
432 445 549
812
Documents with Kazakhstan country affil. 2009–2013
214 active journals from
Russia in Scopus.
+ 118 Russian titles
published by international
publishers (332 active titles
total)
Kazakh coverage in Scopus
Source: Scopus data ,10 June 2014
1 active journal from
Kazakhstan in Scopus.
Eurasian Chemico-
Technological Journal
(since 2007)
1,654
848

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10
Subject areas of Kazakhstan documents

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Comparison with nearest peer
Scopus
24,169
Web of Science
12,491
Scopus
7,410 (+78%)
WoS
4,188
Scopus
6,740 (+97%)
WoS
3,415
Scopus
4,436 (+50%)
WoS
2,954
Scopus
7,684 (+90%)
WoS
4,016
Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences
~12K titles
~3,300 publishers
Updated weekly
~24K titles
>5,000 publishers
Updated daily
Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus’ own data (April 2014)

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Facts about Scopus and Web of Science
~12 thousand titles
54 million records*
3,300 publishers*
“100 years of abstracts”*
6.5 million conference records*
760 million+ cited references*
Updated weekly
Since 1955*
More than 5,600 customers*
~24thousand titles
53 million records
>5,000 publishers
Going back to 1823
5.5 million conference records
700(?) million+ cited references
Updated daily
Since 2004
Around 3,000 customers
* Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Scopus Data

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How does Scopus select
journals?

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How does Scopus select serial content?
• Titles are selected by the
independent Content
Selection & Advisory Board
(CSAB)
• The CSAB is chosen for
their expertise in specific
subject areas; many will
have previously been
(journal) Editors
Focus on quality through content selection by the 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 “reflects the truth”

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Transparent title evaluation process by an independent
Content Selection & Advisory Board
Publisher
or Editor
Suggest title
Check
Min. criteria
“Enrich”
titles
Review titles
CSAB
External
reviewer
and make decision
Continuous review process using online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP)
Online suggestion form: http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/index.cfm

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Peer-review English
abstracts
Regular
publication
Roman script
references
Pub. ethics
statement
How does Scopus select serial content?
Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability
All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review:
Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a
combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria:
• Convincing editorial
concept/policy
• Type of peer-review
• Diversity geographic
distribution of editors
• Diversity geographic
distribution of authors
• Academic
contribution to the
field
• Clarity of abstracts
• Quality and
conformity with stated
aims & scope
• Readability of
articles
• Citedness of journal
articles in Scopus
• Editor standing
• No delay in
publication schedule
• Content available
online
• English-language
journal home page
• Quality of home
page
Info: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview
Questions: titlesuggestion@scopus.com

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How does Scopus select
non-serial content?

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Selection of non-serial Book and Conference content
Books
Book selection is via a publisher-based approach (no individual suggestions accepted). All books from
selected publishers deemed “in scope” will be selected for coverage. Priority and selection of publisher’s
book lists depends on:
• Reputation and impact of the publisher
• Size and subject area of the books list
• Availability and format of the book content
• Publication policy and editorial mission
• Quality of published book content
Conferences
Engineering related conferences 2005 going forward included on various vetted lists (no individual
suggestions accepted).
• Australian Research Council: ARC-A, ARC-B
• “MIT” Conferences
• DBLP Computer Science Bibliography (orig. db logic program bibliography)
• Microsoft Academic Science – Computer Science, Engineering
• INSPIRES – high-energy physics (Stanford)
• Web of Science – selected engineering-focused/related
• OnePetro – Oil & Gas industries (society conferences from API, SPE, NACE, SEG, etc.)
• OneMine – mining and minerals (society conferences from SME, TMS, AIME, AusIMM, ...)

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What content expansion
projects are ongoing?

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Conference Expansion Program
A special project, designed to
ensure Scopus (and
Compendex) customers
have access to highly
regarded conferences from
specific
respected/authoritative lists
of conferences held
worldwide.
Coverage
years
• Backfill from 2005 – 2012 (8 years)
Number of
conferences
• Around 1,000 new conference titles,
6,000 conference events, 400K
conference papers and 5M references
Which
conferences
• Serial and one-off conferences from
authoritative, respected lists. Focus on
engineering and engineering-related
subject fields
Project
started in
2011
Expected
project end
date: June
2014
Titles
processed
832
In
process,
143
Waiting for
permission
384
No
permission,
194

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Books expansion program
Coverage
years
• Back to 2005 (2003 for A&H)
Number
of books
• 75,000 over three years; 10,000
each year thereafter
Book
types
• Monographs, edited volumes,
major reference works,
graduate level text books
All chapter
titles and links
Book title Chapter title
Abstract Citation count
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
Already in Scopus:
Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Brill, De
Gruyter, Woodhead, Karger,
Oxford University Press, Edward
Elgar, Maney, Intellect, IOS Press,
Pan Stanford, University of
California Press, Princeton
University Press, Edinburgh
University Press, Delft University
Press, Duke University Press,
McGill Queens University Press,
Project Muse (60+ UPs), OECD
and more…
Books target in
Scopus
Actual books
in Scopus
Metadata
Author data
(plus ~28K book Volumes from series)
Cited references

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Scopus cited references expansion program
Scopus will add cited
references to 8 Million
pre-1996 articles going
back to 1970.

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Why?
- Improve the completeness and
coverage of back files in Scopus
- Enhance the relevancy and visibility
of archival content in Scopus
- Measure the impact of pre-1996 –
for both individual assessment and
(historical) trend analysis.
- Increase the accuracy of Scopus
Author Profiles for older researchers
and decision makers.
Pre-1996 cited references expansion program
Coverage
years
• Pre-1996, going back to 1970
Number of
articles
• We estimate 8M+ articles will be
(re-) processed to include cited
references
Which
Archives
• Archives from all major
publishers that have digital
archives available
• All subject areas included
What?
Development of
required systems
and processes has
already started
The first content
with pre-1996
cited references
will be visible in
Q4 2014
Completed by 2016
when >8M articles
from all major
publishers have been
loaded
When?

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January 2014, redesign of Author Profiles

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May 2014, redesign of Author Profiles

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Summary
Scopus has broad coverage providing the most
accurate view of the global research landscape.
Scopus has a transparent content selection
process executed by the independent Scopus
Content Selection & Advisory Board.
Scopus is flexible and we work with you and the
research community to ensure that most relevant
sources are covered.
Scopus is working on content expansion programs
to ensure that coverage, discoverability, profiles and
impact measurement for research in all subject fields
is accounted for in Scopus.

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ScienceDirect

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Agenda of the ScienceDirect presentation
• What problems do researchers have and how
does ScienceDirect help?
• What are some features in ScienceDirect to be
aware of?
• ScienceDirect mobile article page

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Which broad research problems
does ScienceDirect address?

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Problem area 1: reducing the amount of time
spent finding and consuming relevant research
Average time spent
searching for
research information
per week:
3 hours 6 minutes
Average time spent
reading research
articles per week:
4 hours 39 minutes
Average number of
research articles
read per week:
5.1 articles
• Indexing agreements with all relevant web
search engines, A&I DBs and knowledge
platforms
• Customer holding information
• Access options
• Scopus citation
• Author information
• Article recommender
• Interactive and highly structured article (outline),
workspace
• Optimised article layout incl. article outline
• Unique content enrichments such as rich
visualization tools, interactive data viewers,
audio commentaries, and executable papers
• Links to Data sets and supplementary content

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Problem area 2: keeping up to date with
information & developments in my field
Project
set-up,
10%
Authoring,
44%
Extend
knowledge
, 8%
Keeping
up to date,
21%
General,
17%
Thinking about the last time that you searched for or
accessed information related to research, what was
the main reason for conducting the search?

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Problem area 3: finding the relevant research at the
right time
Compared to 5 years ago I now spend more time reading and analyzing
research articles rather than finding them
14% 50% 22% 12% 1%
Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree

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Problem area 4: collaboration with other
researchers
Other research we performed in August 2013 showed us that:
Updates from colleagues on social networking websites offer a way
to learn on a regular basis from people with similar interests and a
similar background
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• ResearchGate
• Facebook

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Let’s take a look at the product
And also review platform developments

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Introducing the new ScienceDirect enhanced article page for
mobile devices
• Friendly, inviting, hospitable
• Focused, legible, clear
• Fast, direct, intuitive

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Some initial customer feedback
‘Showing the search results in this
way certainly brings with it a lot of
additional value’
Professor Els Boshuizen, Open
University of The Netherlands
Search results
Overall experience
Performance
Legibility
‘The response time is very good!’
Nynke Kramer, Universiteit
Utrecht
‘Overall a very clear, pleasant
experience! It reads like a book
on an eReader’
Katja J Teerds PhD, Associate
Professor,
Wageningen University
‘The display is very readable, the
font size makes for easy reading,
and the navigation buttons are
simple to use!’
Nynke Kramer, Universiteit
Utrecht

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Mendeley

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What is Mendeley?

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Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social
network that can help organize your research, collaborate with others
online, and discover the latest research.
• Automatically generate bibliographies
• Collaborate easily with other researchers online
• Easily import papers from other research software
• Find relevant papers based on what you’re reading
• Access your papers from anywhere online
• Read papers on the go, with new iPhone app
www.mendeley.com
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About Mendeley

43. Mendeley extracts data
and fulltext from PDFs, ..
..share and discuss their
research in groups, ..
..lets researchers organize
and annotate papers, ..

44. ..and aggregates everything
in the cloud
..share and discuss their
research in groups, ..

45. Reference manager
Research Database & API
Social Network &
Groups
Enable
Collaboration
Drive
Productivity
Create Insight &
Build Apps
Mendeley key components

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www.elsevier.com/scopus
Thank you & Questions
http://blog.scopus.com/
http://www.twitter.com/scopus
http://blog.sciencedirect.com
http://www.twitter.com/sciencedirect.com
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