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SciVerse Scopus: Content coverage and title selection

Scopus offers broad, rich coverage with over 18,500 titles across diverse subject areas. It includes articles, patents, open access journals, and more, providing a comprehensive view of global research output. The platform supports multiple languages and features extensive content from various disciplines.

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SciVerse Scopus: Content coverage and title selection

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  1. SciVerse Scopus: Content coverage and title selection Dr Wim J.N. Meester Senior Product Manager Moscow, 18 May 2010

  2. 7 million researchers worldwide “Average researcher is reading 300+ articles per year” 1,5 million research articles per year “Researchers can spend up to 31% of time on content related activities” 3 articles published per minute

  3. Scopus: Scanning the horizon for quality research Scopus: a broader view on Science

  4. Abstracts and citations from> 5,000 publishers • 4,4 Million conference papers(10% of Scopus records) • “Articles in Press” from more than3,750 titles • 24 Million Patents • 1,200 Open Access journals • 80% of all Scopus records have an abstract • Abstracts going back to 1823 • 40 languages covered • 315 m integrated scientific websites via Scirus Broadest source for research answers A rich and extended coverage including > 18,500 titles 17,500 Peer reviewed journals 400 Trade journals 300 Book series

  5. More than 18,500 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area Breadth of coverage acrosssubject areas Health Sciences 6,200 • (100% Medline) • Nursing • Dentistry • etc., Social Sciences 5,900 • Psychology • Economics • Business • A&H • etc., Life Sciences 3,950 • Neuroscience • Pharmacology • Biology • etc., Physical Sciences 6,350 • Chemistry • Physics • Engineering • etc.,

  6. Wider coverage gives a more accurate picture of the research landscape Breadth of coverage acrossgeographical areas 1,050 5,950 8,700 1,600 400 500 350 l

  7. Russian Other language 187 Russian titles in Scopus Number of documents in Scopus with Russian country affiliation in 2006 – 2010 Breadth of coverage Russia

  8. Adding other content types in subject areas where it matters most Publication types Bio-Medicine Physical Sciences Engineering Social Sciences All Sciences Humanities

  9. Scopus (Total: 18,772) Web of Science(Total: 11,419) 8,234 10,538 881 www.jisc-adat.com Broader coverage thannearest peer “The Scopus surplus”

  10. s Nearest peer Scopus Number of citations to most cited articles in WoS and Scopus Broader coverage means more citations In Thousands Scopus has on average 10% more citations per article >7,000 citations for these examples

  11. Broader coverage = higher citations

  12. Ulrichsweb.com June 2010 Exponential growth of academic/scholarly journals

  13. Countries by research output growth rate (%) 1997-2007 And new global leaders are emerging 25 45 -6 49 35 63 204 48 25 22 10 5 505 80 50 366 98 126 159 76 Low growth rate High growth rate

  14. Countries by average citation count in 2007 But these new leaders have relatively low citation rates 0.13 0.56 0.59 0.48 0.51 0.30 0.22 0.68 0.54 0.47 0.56 0.15 0.33 0.39 0.45 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.23 0.46 Low citation rate High citation rate

  15. Quality selection by independent, international board

  16. http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selectionhttp://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selection Scopus new title suggestions

  17. Technical criteria Eligibility • Peer-review • English abstracts • Regular publication • References in Roman script • Publication ethics and malpractice statement

  18. Scopus selection criteria a combinationof quantitative and qualitative measures

  19. Scopus Title Evaluation Process Publisher Suggest Title Feedback decision Rejection + reasons Not for review Input N OK for Review? Check against pre-conditions Y Further enrich titles Setup content feed N Make decision Y Review title CSAB External Reviewer

  20. Top 25 countries suggested titles 2008-2011 Under review Reviewed Not for review (n=6156)

  21. Top 25 countries reviewed titles (2011) (n=232) Accepted Rejected

  22. Scholarly titles from the Russian Federation (20%) (13%) Suggested for review Under review by CSAB Not accepted for review Accepted Rejected

  23. Pro-active: Social Sciences and A&H comparison study ERIH (5,186) 1,200 AERES (5,116) Cairn (219) Francis (2,344)

  24. Adding Publishers’ archives (> 2,650 titles) Comprehensiveness Planned:

  25. Quality of content and Correctness This is an “article number”, not a Page Number This is an “article number”, not a Page Number New software is being installed to match citations for journals that use this publication method

  26. Tools to improve user experience Datasets

  27. Thank You

  28. Scholarly titles from Spain (14%) (4%) Suggested for review Under review by CSAB Not accepted for review Accepted Rejected

  29. Local initiatives: FECYT (Spain)

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