Using SciVerse Scopus as a Research and Publishing Tool

1. www.scopus.com Using SciVerse Scopus as a Research and Publishing Tool UniversitiTeknologiPetronas March 2012 Ling Yu Lang

2. Focused web information 19,500 titles STM & Social sciences World’s Largest Abstract & Citation Database Academic library sources 5,000 publishers SciVerse Scopus at a glance Intuitive search and browse functionality 375 million scholarly Web items, E-prints, theses, Dissertations, patents 15% Elsevier sources 85% other publishers Fastest route to FullText

3. 5,300 4,300 7,200 6,800 SciVerse Scopus: the Broadest of STM and Social Sciences Information > 5,000 publishers Life & Health (100% Medline) Chemistry Physics Engineering Biological Agricultural Environmental Social Sciences Psychology Economics

4. Content Type • 46 million records • 25 million records include references going back to 1996 (78% include references) • 21 million pre-1996 records go back as far as 1823 • In addition to traditional scientific and academic journals, SciVerse Scopus covers: • 1800 Open Access journals • 250 conference proceedings • 4.8 million conference papers • 425 Trade Publications • 325 Book Series • Medline (100% coverage) • 375 million quality web sites, including 24.8 million patents indexed by Scirus • “Article-in-Press” from over 3,850 journals

5. Geographical Coverage • SciVerse Scopus covers journals from all geographical regions, including non-English titles (with English abstracts)

6. Journal Research and Publishing Workflow Production & Publication Prepublication Experiment and Conduct Research Dissemination & Use Assess Impact Peer Review Build Fame Report Findings

7. How can SciVerse Scopus assist the researcher in searching for literature? • Facilitates major tasks researchers have • Searching citations & indexes • Browsing & searching sources • Viewing & storing articles • Search History • Documents Download • Stay up-to-date • Alerts • RSS • Getting an overview or understanding of a new subject field

8. Searching Citations & Indexes Ability to add more search fields to give greater flexibility

9. Reviewing Search Results 10 Navigator to refine results by: Year Author Name Subject Area Document Type Source Title Keyword Affiliation Country Source Type Language Sort the results

10. Reviewing Search Results

11. Reviewing Documents Document citation alert

12. Scopus-CrossFireBeilstein Integration Enables researchers find relevant chemical compound or reaction information for a compound mentioned in a full-text article.

13. Staying up-to-date with Search Alert

14. Staying up-to-date with RSS Feed Add feed to favourite RSS aggregator

15. Documents Download

16. Documents Download Browse to locate the downloaded documents

17. Storing Documents Add selected documents to My List

18. Storing Documents

19. Citation Overview

20. Browsing & Searching Sources Two metrics broaden journal evaluation Click on title to go to journal homepage

21. Journal Homepage Find out more about this journal: scope, editors, how to submit an article, etc. Listing of all available volumes and issues

22. Search History

23. Managing Personalization Features • Retrieve saved searches • Retrieve stored lists • Add/remove alerts • Change password • Change personal profile • Manage applications

24. How can SciVerse Scopus assist the researcher in Production & Publication? • Find co-authors, peer reviewers or experts • Narrow down journals for you to select which one to submit for your research area • Generate your References List quickly

25. Find Prolific Authors

26. Find Prolific Authors Prolific authors

27. Select journal to submit to for your research area Journals which publish most papers in biomass gasification

28. Metrics for Journal Evaluation (www.journalmetrics.com) • SCImago Journal Rank – SJR • Developed by SCImago – Felix de Moya, SCImago research group • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones • Científicas (CSIC), University of Granada • Main feature: prestige metric – similar to Google PageRank • Citations are weighted depending on the status of the source they come from • Secondary feature : different citation behaviour addressed • Source-Normalized Impact per Paper – SNIP • Developed by Henk Moed, CWTS, University of Leiden • Main feature: contextual citation impact • Part 1 – evens out differences in likelihood of citation (i.e. different behaviours) • Part 2 – evens out differences in database coverage in subject fields

29. Metrics for Journal Evaluation Normalize for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields

30. Metrics for Journal Evaluation

31. Create Reference List Select format and style Copy and Paste References into your research paper

32. How can SciVerse Scopus assist the researcher in tracking the citation? • Scopus provides a unique Author Profile page for every author with more than 1 published paper on Scopus – increases awareness of your work • See your citations grow with the Citation Tracker Tool

33. Author Search Click to show Author Details

34. Author Details Different name formats No. of papers published No. of times cited See his h-Index No. of times Author appears on scientific websites Journals he publishes in Most recent affiliations

35. Author Evaluator

36. Assess Impact / Research Performance Measurement • h-Index – can evaluate authors, groups of researchers, institutions, group of articles etc. • Charts to show number of papers published by an author, citations of an author over time • Institution Evaluation

37. Types of Research Measures • Existing metrics focus on short term citation value • Impact factor = 2 years • Immediacy Index = 1 year • Cited Half Life = stops at 10 years • New developments focus on alternative value measurements • h-Index • g-Index • Matthew Value Measures Journals only Measures Journals Authors Research groups Subjects

38. h-index in Scopus • Developed in 2005 by Jorge Hirsch, a condensed-matter physicist (University of California in San Diego) and peace activist.

39. Why the h-Index • Traditional methods of evaluating authors include : • No. of publications per year • Total citations from publications • Impact factor • These methods of evaluating authors were starting to get questioned by the authors themselves • The h-Index combines quantity and quality, productivity and influence • The h-Index also encourages consistency in citation numbers, favours continuous stream of papers with lasting and above-average impact

40. Properties of the h-Index • Easy to determine • Age of Author not taken into account - Both junior and senior authors can have a high or low h-Index • Ignores the highly & poorly cited papers – ‘one-hit wonders’ • Dynamic, not a static number – can change as citations increase, real-time in Scopus • Can be used to measure : Authors, Journals, Institutions, Departments, Faculties, Selection of Papers etc..etc..etc • See Prof. Hirsch’s paper at : http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508025

41. Definition of h-Index “The h-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations.” Nature (2005) A scientist has index h if h of his papers have at least h citations each and the other papers have no more than h citations each. Eg.: Prof. Lee has index 15 if 15 of his papers have at least 15 citations each and the other papers have no more than 15 citations each.

42. Citations of Papers from 1996 only Sort papers from highest cited to lowest cited from 1996 onwards

43. 35 documents written after 1995 Article Rank Number No. of Citations A scientist has index 14 if 14 of his 35 papers after 1995 have at least 14 citations each and the other 21 (35-14) papers have no more than 14 citations each.

44. Institution Evaluation Click to show Affiliation Documents Click to show Affiliation Details

45. Affiliation Search Results Year – No. of papers published per year Top Authors who publish the most papers Top Subject Areas/Faculties Top Journals UTP Authors Publish in

46. Affiliation Details Alerts when new papers are written by the institution Research Information Institutions the university has collaborated with the most

47. SciVerse Scopus Alerts Mobile Apps SciVerse Scopus has launched mobile apps for iPhone/iPad, BlackBerry and Android devices. This free application allows you to search SciVerse Scopus, share search results, save abstracts to your personal account, set up alerts for new references and citations in your areas of interest and annotate abstracts with your own notes. Initial setup of your personal account needs to be from an Institute IP address on the Scopus site (www.Scopus.com) Step-by-Step Guide: 1. The App is free for download (Institutional Subscribers):- (Search: SciVerse Scopus Alerts App under App Store, BlackBerry App World & Android Market) 2. After download the App, it will request for your User ID and password that the user has registered on www.Scopus.com3. Once the user entered the User ID and password, he/she will be able to use the App to conduct a search and viewing of the subscribed contents.

48. Getting Indexed in Scopus • 3 criteria for journal to be considered by Scopus Content selection Committee (librarians, information specialists, professors from around the world): • Abstracts and References must be in English (full-text can be in any language) • Journal must be peer-reviewed • Journal must be published regularly (at least once a year) • Submit the journal to www.info.scopus.com/suggesttitle before August each year to be considered for the following year. • After submission at the website above, send a copy of the journal to: Elsevier BV (Bibliography Databases) Attn: Bd Source Acquisition P.O Box 2227 1000 CE Amsterdam The Netherlands

49. Getting Indexed in Scopus • Free subscriptions of the journals are usually requested by Elsevier’s Source Acquisition if the journal get selected. • For more information on getting indexed in Scopus please email, Ms Jo-an Chia, Account Manager Asia-Pacific, Elsevier . Email address: jo.chia@elsevier.com

50. Thank YouQuestions & Answerswww.info.scopus.com