Get relevant content fast with Scopus

We just acquired Scopus, an abstract and citation database from Elsevier. That’s all well & good, but what can this database do for you?

As a researcher:

• Find out who is citing you, and how many citations an article or an author has received. Analyze citations for a particular journal issue, volume or year.
• Use this information to complete grant or other applications quickly and easily.
• Use the refine results overview to quickly see the main journals, disciplines and authors that publish in your area of interest.
• Uncover important and relevant articles that you may otherwise miss.
• Check out the work and citations of other authors.
• Click on the cited by and reference links to track research trends and make connections – within or across disciplines.

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Quick facts about the content coverage

• Broadest coverage available of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature
• Worldwide coverage; more than half of Scopus content originates from Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region
• References go back to 1996, abstracts go back further
• 100% coverage of Medline
• Coverage is over 99% complete as of 1996 (issue level)

Subject areas covered

• Life Sciences >3,400 titles
• Health Sciences > 5,300 titles (including 100% coverage of Medline titles)
• Physical Sciences > 5,500 titles
• Social Sciences > 2,850 titles

By the numbers

15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 international publishers, including coverage of:

• Over 1,000 Open Access journals
• 500 Conference Proceedings
• Over 600 Trade Publications
• Over 125 Book Series

30 million records, of which:

• 15 million records include references going back to 1996
• 15 million pre-1996 records go back as far as 1900

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