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Updates on Scopus, ScienceDirect and Mendeley Iran Research Excellence Forum

Updates on Scopus, ScienceDirect and Mendeley Iran Research Excellence Forum. Today’s Agenda. Scopus updates Content expansion Technical developments ScienceDirect updates Article of the future Mendeley Reference manager Citation…. Scopus.

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Updates on Scopus, ScienceDirect and Mendeley Iran Research Excellence Forum

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  1. Updates on Scopus, ScienceDirect and MendeleyIran ResearchExcellence Forum

  2. Today’s Agenda • Scopus updates • Content expansion • Technical developments • ScienceDirect updates • Article of the future • Mendeley • Reference manager • Citation…

  3. Scopus

  4. Scopus includes more content than the nearest competitor ~24K titles >5,000 publishers Updated daily ~12K titles 3,300 publishers Updated weekly Scopus 24,169 Nearest competitor 12,491 Scopus 7,410 (+78%) Scopus 6,740 (+97%) Scopus 4,436 (+50%) Scopus 7,684 (+90%) Competitor 4,188 Competitor 3,415 Competitor 2,954 Competitor 4,016 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences

  5. Pre-1996 cited references expansion program • What? • 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. When?

  6. Books Expansion Project Books target in Scopus Actual books in Scopus Chapter title Book title 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… All chapter titles and links Author data Abstract Citation count Metadata Cited references

  7. Analyze search results • Previously named ‘analyze results’ • October 23 release sees expansion of the h-index publication window to 1970- previous publication window was 1996

  8. Author profiles and author output Previously named ‘author evaluator’

  9. Compare journals • Previously named ‘analyze journals’

  10. Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up orcid.scopusfeedback.com Enter via Scopus2ORCID Wizard or from ORCID ORCID.org

  11. Where to find more information on Scopus? www.elsevier.com/scopus Info site blog: http://blog.scopus.com/ Twitter.com/scopus Scopus title list: http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_list.xlsx Author feedback: http://www.scopusfeedback.com/

  12. ScienceDirect Empowering researchers at every step...

  13. Researchers are looking for a tool that will address multiple needs… Help me to discover the relevant information Keep me informed of the latest developments and news Give me access to the detail Make the process quick and easy Source: Qualitative survey results “value of ScienceDirect A&G Researchers” June 2014

  14. Mapping these needs against what ScienceDirect offers, we see 6 principles emerge of how ScienceDirect is poised to empower researchers… Breadth of content Easy to retrieve and available Easy to use and navigate both within the product and on 3rd party platforms Extracting key insights Staying up to date Storing, sharing & discussing

  15. ScienceDirect Homepage

  16. ScienceDirect Article Page- article of the future

  17. ScienceDirect Article Page- image use

  18. ScienceDirect Article Page- table use

  19. ScienceDirect Article Page- video use

  20. Books homepage

  21. Mobile enhanced - High level of web accessibility

  22. Seamless export to Mendeley

  23. Seamless export to Mendeley

  24. Where to find more information on ScienceDirect? • http://blog.sciencedirect.com/ • Twitter.com/sciencedirect • Tutorials – • http://help.sciencedirect.com/Content/tutorial.htm • http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/sciencedirect/videos

  25. What is Mendeley?

  26. WhatisMendeley? Mendeley is a reference managerallowing you to manage, read, share, annotate and cite your research papers... ...and an academic collaboration network with 3 Million users to connect like-minded researchers & discover research trends and statistics. … forming a crowdsourced database with a unique layer of social research information and an Open API

  27. Mendeley’s Three Key Values “Enables Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing” “Drives Researcher Productivity” Research Network & Groups Reference manager “Creates Additional Insights & Build Apps” Research Data & API

  28. Reference Manager

  29. Mendeley Desktop overview • Folders, tags, • Easy import from computer, web, Scopus, ScienceDirect

  30. Organize Managing Your Library

  31. Manage Your Library Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer Star favorites Mark as read/unread Create category folders See what type of document is attached (.pdf, .ppt, .docx, excel, etc.)

  32. Search Your Documents Full text search, or filter your results Filter your documents by author, tag, publication, or keyword

  33. Read and annotate Using the built-in PDF Viewer

  34. Annotate and Highlight

  35. Citations & bibliography Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In

  36. Citation plug-in

  37. Research network & groups Join and create groups to share references

  38. Connect with Colleagues Search for people and click ‘Follow’ to get regular updates.

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