Scopus (database)
Scopus is a mainly paid database with bibliographical information on scientific literature. It mainly records journals, books, conference papers and patents and creates a citation and abstract database for this purpose . Scopus has been made available by Elsevier since November 2004 .
scope
According to its own information, Scopus comprises the bibliographical information and abstracts of over 75 million articles from over 24,600 titles, including 23,500 peer-reviewed journals . Scopus takes into account publications from more than 5,000 international publishers and maps 1.4 billion citations between the documents. In 2015 there were 57 million articles from 21,000 magazines. In addition, there are 9 million conference papers (2017: 8 million, 2015: 6.8 million), 194,000 books (2017: 150,000, 2015: 90,000) and 740 book series (2017: 540, 2015: 521) as well as 39 million patents (2015: 27 Millions) can be found in the database. The entries include the fields of natural sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.
particularities
Scopus enables librarians to directly incorporate links to their full texts in Scopus. This enables institutes to provide direct access to their library system. Several search options are integrated into Scopus as core tasks. In addition, various indices such as B. the h index can be used. A download manager enables access to full-text articles, and functions for the automatic creation of bibliographies are also available.
Web links
- Scopus Info Homepage from Elsevier (English)
- Scopus Database (English)
- Author Preview , free search for authors
- Comparisons of Citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for Articles Published in General Medical Journals JAMA. 2009; 302 (10): 1092-1096.
- Scopus , Péter's Digital Reference Shelf, Gale Reference Reviews, November 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ ScopusData | Curated. Connected. Complete. In: Scopus. Elsevier, 2019, accessed August 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Getting the most out of published research - Scopus | Elsevier Solutions. Elsevier, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ^ Scopus: Content Overview. Retrieved July 24, 2015 .
- ^ Scopus Content Coverage Guide. In: Scopus. Elsevier, August 2017, accessed August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ The largest database of peer-reviewed literature - Scopus | Elsevier Solutions. In: Scopus. Elsevier, accessed August 19, 2019 .