Scopus: Search. Discover. Analyse. What’s in it for researchers?

Tomasz Asmussen Customer Consultant, Research Intelligence DACH

2018 Always up-to-date

– Blog https://blog.scopus.com Additional learning material & support – Scopus Learn & Support https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus Source: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/06/23/some-science-journals- that-claim-to-peer-review-papers-do-not-do-so Source: https://www.fraunhofer.de/de/forschung/leistungsangebot/wirkung-von-fraunhofer- forschung.html Source: https://www.fraunhofer.de/de/forschung/leistungsangebot/wirkung-von-fraunhofer- forschung.html Scopus Data: The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard Scopus is selected for its excellence by 4,500 Universities 150 Leading research Organizations Who continue to choose Scopus for research assessment and evaluation purposes over any other competitor Top 3 Scopus Features

Scopus benefits users by enabling them to: 1.Search documents and author profiles with ease 2.Effectively analyse search results 3.Export relevant reference material

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∆ Use cases: early career researchers vs. senior researchers ∆ Benefits for your research workflow

∆ Sources, content & selection process ∆ Author & affiliation profiles ∆ Research metrics & Scopus ∆ Research Data ∆ Live Demo Why do researchers use Scopus? Researchers at different stages in their career have different goals and questions:

Who should I collaborate How can I get a with to increase my chances quick overview of a How do I make sure I of publishing successfully and new subject area? don’t miss any relevant getting cited? information?

How do I compare myself How can I get tenure and my research team Which journals should I and advance my against peers? publish in to make career? myself more visible to How many times the research have I been cited community? How do I secure by others? How do I find more funding? funding?

Researcher (PhD & Post-Doc) Sr Researcher/ Professor Benefits of Scopus for different researchers:

Area Description

Literature Effectively manage ideal journal shortlist: complete coverage, smart journal evaluation tools & various journal metrics Discovery   Career ‘Full view’ on research & best journals to publish in helps to track own , find job opportunities & collaborators, secure   Development funding and improve h-index and herewith build a career Better Find largest group of potential collaborators to identify people to work with & institutes to work for, based on the most   Collaboration authoritative profiles Research Largest & daily updated global coverage for comprehensive and timely view on global research developments. analysis   assessment & tools & metrics to analyse impact of publications & journals ranking Efficient Large coverage combined with historical depth, timely updates and tools to track and analyse research ensures that researchers   research & stay fully informed and up-to-date. publication Largest global coverage with daily updates and smart analytical features help to identify hot research areas, avoiding duplication   of efforts and gain new insights. | 14

Scopus supports you throughout the entire research workflow

Get relevant information & high quality standards What information does Scopus contain? | 16 What is Scopus?

Scopus is the largest & citation database of research information Open Access | 17 Scopus – a wealth of content & insights at your fingertips

“Articles in Press” >28M Growing number of +70M recordsfrom >5,000 titles patents linked research datasets Open Access | 18 Scopus contains a global representation of relevant research…

Titles from 105 different countries ポ شش

40 “local” languages covered Open Access | 19 …across publishers worldwide…

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2% 1% Other 60% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% Scopus Source List Open Access | 20 …and reflects all areas of research Open Access | 21

Three main principles for content selection…

Quality Transparency Trusted content Open Access | 22 Open Access | 23

And this is how the selection process works…

Minimal Criteria Roman Peer- English Regular Publication script review abstracts publication ethics references statement

Continuous review process using an online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP): http://www.elsevier.com/online- tools/scopus/content-overview Questions: [email protected] Promote your research through author/ institutional profiles Open Access | 25 Scopus creates automated profiles for authors and institutions

The Vast Universe of Research

The most powerful ALGORITHMIC MANUAL feedback via data processing in the industry the Author Feedback Wizard

Groups papers to a profile with Combines algorithm profiles high degree of accuracy based and the manual feedback to on matching of name, email, affiliation, subject area, create the most accurate citations, co-authors,... profiles with the least effort.

Author/ Institutional Profiles Open Access | 26 First source for Profiles

All authors can access their Scopus profile – even if their institutions are not subscribers!

Users can analyse and track an individual’s 70 citation history, view their total citation and document count, h-index and more through author profile pages.

They can access tools to get an overview of an individual’s publication history and influence.

16 Open Access | 27 Scopus author profiles benefit researchers by…

Showcasing your research & its impact Making it easy to discover an author Enhance your visibility

It also means, author profiles can:

Boost your career as other people, especially professors or your next employer, look at your profile Support to expand the reach of your research Which in turn, could lead to other researchers wanting to collaborate with you Open Access | 28 Because your profile is your external ‘portfolio’, keeping it “clean” is important! For researchers: 1st step towards a clean profile is correct information on your publication! Check misspelling, address, and mark your correct affiliation.

Another way, to keep a clean and unique author profile: Integrated with Get an Open Access | 29

Ten reasons to use with :

1. Reliably connects you with your works, awards, and affiliations 2. Alleviated identity mistakes 3. Control your record and manage your information 4. Seamless – as more and more systems you already use are connected with it 5. Time-saver: enter once, reuse often 6. Improves recognition for you and your research 7. Increases discoverability of your research outputs 8. Free to register and use 9. Seamless to use and connect your ID with your affiliations, works and awards 10. It’s your lifelong digital identifier! What types of metrics exist? In general: What types of metrics exist? Traditional mainly focus on citations/ citation count These metrics reflect an indication of the interest in/ importance of particular research papers within the scholarly community Alternative metrics take into account other options of dissemination are another way to assess the attention publications receive and usually used complementary to bibliometrics. Altmetrics focus on online activity to reveal how research is being shared and discussed both within the academic https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/research/metrics/intro community and beyond. What types of metrics does Scopus contain? Traditional bibliometrics mainly focus on citations/ citation count On journal level

On article level Author metrics Alternative metrics take into account other options of dissemination Journal-level metrics in Scopus

CiteScore SJR SNIP Metrics CiteScore is a simple metric for all Scopus journals

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A CiteScore 2015 value = B

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CiteScore A = citations to 3 years of A = citations to 2 or 5 years of documents documents B = all documents indexed in B = only citable items (articles Scopus, same as A and reviews), different from A How does CiteScore compare to the Impact Factor?

Watch a recap on: https://blog.scopus.com/posts/ new-on-scopus-citescore-2016-export-an-affiliation-s-listed-authors-and-more Comprehensive Transparent Current

Based on Scopus, the world’s CiteScore metrics are available CiteScore Tracker is updated broadest abstract and citation for free monthly database CiteScore metrics are easy to New titles will have CiteScore CiteScore metrics will be calculate for yourself metrics the year after they are available for all serial titles, not indexed in Scopus just journals The underlying database is available for you to interrogate CiteScore metrics could be calculated for portfolios CiteScore is one of a family of related metrics

8 complementary indicators: • CiteScore • CiteScore Tracker • CiteScore Percentile • CiteScore Quartiles • CiteScore Rank • Citation Count • Document Count • Percentage Cited Bibliometric indicators: SNIP & SJR Scimago Journal Rank Freely available at www.scimagojr.com and on Scopus SJR Considers 3 years, calculated on Scopus data set Self-citations limited Citations weighted by the SJR of the citing journal (kind of prestige influence)

Source Normalised Impact per Publication Freely available online via Scopus SNIP Similar to Impact Factor, but considers 3 years SNIP indicator controls for the differences in citation behaviour in different scientific disciplines SNIP value of 1 means the journal is average in its field in terms of citation rates Devised at the University of Leiden What types of metrics does Scopus contain?

Traditional bibliometrics mainly focus on citations/ citation count On journal level

On article level Author metrics Alternative metrics take into account other options of dissemination Author metrics in Scopus

Document Count h-index The h-Index: available on your Scopus author profile

Citations An h-index of 34 means Hirsch, J. (August 2005) An index to quantify an that the author has at h individual’s scientific research output least 34 papers of which each has been cited at least 34 times

h Paper no.

• Available online via Scopus • Rates individuals based on career publications • Incorporates both quantity and quality • Productivity and age constraints What types of metrics does Scopus contain?

Traditional bibliometrics mainly focus on citations/ citation count On journal level

On article level Author metrics Alternative metrics take into account other options of dissemination Article-level metrics in Scopus

Citation FWCI Count Article-level metrics: a snapshot

https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com https://blog.scopus.com/get-involved What types of metrics does Scopus contain?

Traditional bibliometrics mainly focus on citations/ citation count On journal level

On article level Author metrics

Alternative metrics take into account other options of dissemination Why do we need alternative metrics? In recent years a plethora of scientific communication and collaboration platform/tools (~400+) has emerged which are used in open science workflows.

Source: https://www.zbw-mediatalk.eu/2017/03/forschungstools-von-a-wie-altmetrics-b-wie-bench- work-bis-c-wie-collaboration/ The metrics timeline has changed:

From Idea to Impact Old Paradigm New Paradigm

Idea ? Blog Post click Metrics are years available tweet immediately

Grant presentation view 2 - 5 Conference From idea to years measurable dataset download Publication citation counts can PDF download take 5 - 10 years bookmark Video save reference 3 - 5 Citations years video play share citation counts citation counts

It can take at least 2 - 5 years Due to the pace of scholarly from idea to a published publishing, it takes another peer-reviewed journal article 3 - 5 years from the time the work is published to get to critical mass of citation counts Alternative metrics in Scopus

Scholarly Scholarly Online activity comments social Media online online activity mentions PlumX: Metrics categories Tracking impact – beyond citation metrics PlumX: Metrics categories

This category includes the tweets, Facebook likes, etc. that reference the research. Social Media can help measure “buzz” and attention. Social media can A way to signal if Indicates that also be a good measure of anyone is reading the how well a particular piece of someone wants to Measurement of articles or otherwise research has been promoted. come back to the activities such as news using the research. work — can be a articles or blog posts Usage is the number This category contains both leading indicator of about research — a one statistic traditional citation indexes future citations. way to tell that people researchers want to such as Scopus, as well as are truly engaging with know after citations. citations that help indicate the research. societal impact such as Clinical or Policy Citations. It’s really hard to keep track of all those metrics…

Keep calm & get your Metrics Reference Card: https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/metrics Research Metrics & Scopus What are research metrics & what are they used for?

Analyse the Determine Demonstrate Identify rising Tell a better strengths of where research is ROI of research stars amongst narrative about research at the a good potential money the early career everything that institution investment researchers is happening with research Why do research metrics matter?

Distinguishing excellence from buzz Therefore, measuring your impact matters in many ways…

Important Enrich your Important Important Decision for for online for funding for research publication promotions presence applications managers & tenure How to use research metrics? Two Golden Rules

When used correctly, research metrics together with qualitative input give a balanced, multi-dimensional view for decision-making

Always use both qualitative and Always use more than one quantitative input into your research metric as the decisions quantitative input Mendeley Data Scopus integrates research data with Mendeley Data to match your document’s search term

When searching for content in Scopus the results lists will be populated with additional information of data sets related to the search term if applicable on basis of the indexed articles. Scopus integrates research data with Mendeley Data to match your document’s search term

When searching for content in Scopus the results lists will be populated with additional information of data sets related to the search term if applicable on basis of the indexed articles. Datasets and data types covered by Mendeley Data

Mendeley Data supports multiple data types: • Tabular Data • Image • Document • Text • Software/Code • File Set • Sequencing Data • Geospatial Data • Slides • Video • Audio Don‘t just publish your article, get your research data out there, too!

Outreach cannot only be enhancedThe obvious by reasons…the means of dissemination.• Improve Quality You• Transparency can also extend your Why? reach• Reproducibility through other research• Funding elements mandates than traditional text publications. Publishing and making your research data available is one way of increasing your outreach

But more importantly: • Your data will be findable • It will be citable • You will receive credit for How? the dataset • And it will enrich your publication Recent feature updates & what‘s ahead 8 important features for researchers:

1. Expansion of Research Metrics: Two new metrics, CiteScore and PlumX, were added to Scopus, offering more insightful ways to evaluate research performance, whether looking at serials (journals, series, trade publications and conference proceedings) or articles. 2. Cited Reference Expansion: More cited references for bibliometric and historic trend analysis, more complete author profiles, and improved h-index measures for authors who began publishing prior to 1996. 3. DataSearch and Scholix: Scopus incorporated 2 new tools and partnerships: Scholix and DataSearch. Each provide different but complementary ways to connect researchers to each other’s data. 4. Document Download Manager: Makes it easier for you to download abstracts and full-text PDFs to your computer. 5. Find funded research: Scopus now includes the ability to search the entire acknowledgement section of an article, making it easier to find funded research. 6. Search author’s documents by ORCID iD: Scopus now lets you search for documents via the author’s ORCID iD. 7. Corrected publications: Scopus now indicates when an already published articles has been retracted for correction, and displays the latest status of this publication. 8. Open access on article level: Soon, Scopus will include an article-level open access indicator. Recently updated: Content expansion

• 70 million – that’s more documents than ever: Total number of records indexed on Scopus pushed past 70 million and continues to grow. Metadata is meticulously captured to ensure the depth and quality of the data. This high-quality data not only enables more precise search and retrieval on Scopus, but also delivers important research assessments and evaluations. Recently updated: Content expansion

• Cited Reference Expansion: Scopus recently completed its addition of 195 million references, a project three years in the making, and now covers 11.5 million records between 1970-1995. More cited references means more extensive bibliometric and historic trend analysis, more complete author profiles, and improved h-index measures for authors who began publishing prior to 1996. Recently updated: Data Literature Linking via Scholix

• Improved data-literature linking for related data on Document Details page: In March 2017, Scopus has started collaboration with DLI Service to find data related to any specific document. DLI (Data Literature Interlinking) is a service aimed to address the issueExternal of interlinking linking research articles with their underlying dataset.

Improvements include:

+ More complete and accessible information for data source publisher

+ Better link resolver to support different identifiers: Pdb, ena, genbank, ncbi-n, nuccore, bind, ddbj, embl, swiss-prot, arrayexpress, biomodels, bmrb, geo, ensembl, mgi, pride, bioproject, sra Recently updated: Document Download Manager

• New document download manager for Google Chrome: Enables users to download one or several documents without having to go to publisher web sites. It requires an extension installation (pops up) when a Chrome user tries to download documents. Recently updated: Funding Data Expansion

• Funding data expansion completed: Scopus now includes the ability to search the entire acknowledgement section of an article, making it easier to find funded research. By using the “Fund-All” field in Advanced search, you can find documents that acknowledge a particular sponsor, lab, researcher, funding body, grant number, etc., to discover research funded or supported by a particular entity. Recently updates: ORCID search

• ORCID Document search: It is now possible to search for documents via the ORCID number of the author. This only works for authors that associated their Scopus profiles with ORCID and is available both on basic search and advanced search. This search can be combined with more codes and logic operators to create a more complex search Recently updated: Corrected documents

• New errata linking feature: Allows users to quickly identify if a document is up to date or if there are changes available for that respective document. For documents from September 2016 onwards. …and there’s more to come in 2018

Certainly one of the most awaited features:

• Open Access Indicator expansion (expected to launch: Jan. 31st) Currently, Scopus displays OA on journal level (Gold) only. Once the feature is implemented Scopus will show OA on article level, hence, make it possible to show green & hybrid. This information will also be available for export. Let‘s take a look at Scopus to see some features Any questions?

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