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Metrics in Scopus
Metrics are embedded throughout Scopus at the journal, article and author levels. All of these metrics are designed to help
facilitate the evaluation of authors, journals and articles. These metrics also provide enhanced views of research areas and help
build valuable insights.

Download the quick reference tool
Find clear definitions on metrics like the h-index and CiteScore.

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Article metrics

Journal metrics

Author metrics

Article-level metrics

Journal-level metrics on Scopus include:

Author metrics allow(ALMs) quantify theCiteScore metrics

reach and impact ofpublishedresearch. Scopus

users to:SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

Analyze andSource Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

track anindividual

integrates data

author’s citationfrom PlumX Metrics ashistory

the primary source of its

Review anarticle-level metrics,

author’s total

along with traditional

citation andmeasures (such as

document counts

citations) to present a

from the authorricher and moredetails pagecomprehensive picture

Access graphsof an individual article’sand charts ofimpact.

document andMetrics include:

citation trends

See citation
overviews



Create graphs
Compare citationAvailable author metrics

countsinclude:Link to citing

h-index and h-documents

graph: Rates ascientist's
performancebased on his or
Each journal overview page contains these details:
Scopus coverage

Article impact metrics

Publisher information

PlumX Metrics

Subject areas

provide insights into

CiteScore

the ways people

CiteScore Tracker (monthly update)interact online withSNIP

individual pieces ofresearch output (suchSJR

as ar cles,

CiteScore Rank and Trend

her career
publications, asmeasured by thelifetime numberof citations eacharticle receives.
Themeasurement
depends on bothquantity (numberof publications)and quality(number ofconference

CiteScore is a family of eight indicators that offercitations) of anproceedings, bookcomplementary views to analyze the publication influence

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hof serial titles of interest Derived from the Scopus

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chapters and others).

of serial titles of interest. Derived from the Scopus

publications.

To support like-with-

database, CiteScore metrics offer a more transparent,

Citationcurrent, comprehensive and accurate indication of a serial’s

overview

impact. CiteScore metrics are available for all active

tracker: An

journals (25,300 per June 2020; 13,000 more than Journal

adjustable table

Impact Factor).

that includes thelike analysis and help
make sense of thehuge amounts of data
involved, PlumX

As of June 2020 the definition of CiteScore has changed,Metrics are divided

now only including typically peer-reviewed research:

into ﬁve categories:

articles, reviews, conference papers, data papers and book

Cita ons: This
category contains

chapters, covering 4 years of citations andpublications. Historical data back to CiteScore 2011 havebeen recalculated and are displayed on Scopus.

both tradi onal

number of times
each document
has been citedper publicationyear.
Analyze author
output: A
collection of in-cita on indexes, such

depth and visualas Scopus, as well as

analysis tools

cita ons that help

designed toindicate societal

provide a better
picture of an

impact, such asindividual’s

clinical, patent or

publication

policy cita ons.

history andinfluence

Usage: This indicates
how o en people are

reading an ar cle orotherwise using theresearch. A ercita ons, usage is thesta s c that mostinterests researchers.
Captures: A capture
indicates thatsomeone wants to

SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) Measurescontextual citation impact by weighting citations based oncome back to thethe total number of citations in a subject field. The impact ofwork — and it can bea single citation is given higher value in subject areasa leading indicator ofwhere citations are less likely, and vice versa.

future cita ons.

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank): A prestige metric that can

Men ons: Thisbe applied to journals, book series and conference
proceedings. With SJR, the subject field, quality andmeasures ac vity

reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value ofsuch as news ar cles

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tell that people are
truly engaging withthe research.
Social media: Thiscategory includes
tweets, Facebook“likes” and othersocial media posts
that reference theresearch. Social

Journal comparison
Compare up to 10 sources and review results on a chart orin table format

media can help

Search for sources to compare by title, ISSN,

measure buzz andpublisher, subject areaa en on. Social

Compare CiteScore for each publication by year

media can also be a

Compare SNIP for each publication by year

good measure of how
well a par cular pieceof research has beenpromoted.

Compare SJR for each publication by year
Compare number of documents for each publicationby yearCompare percent of articles cited forPlum Print: For quick
and easy
comprehension,

each publication by yearCompare percent of review articles published ineach publication by year

these ﬁve categoriesof metrics are also
displayed as a datavisualiza on known
as the Plum Print.
Each colored circle in
the Plum Print
represents themetrics in theassociated category.
The larger the circle,
the more metrics inthat category.
Note: The ﬁve
categories arerepresented separately
because each one
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represents a diﬀerent
type of engagement
and should not be
combined into a single
score.
Learn more about
PlumX Metrics

Additional article
impact metrics
Beside PlumX Metrics,
these additional article
impact metrics are alsoavailable in Scopus:
FWCI (field-weightedcitation impact)
considers variations inresearch and citation

behavior acrossdisciplines and facilitatesbenchmarking among
disciplines.
It is the number ofcitations received by adocument divided by the
expected number ofcitations for similar
documents in the same
field of research.
Citationbenchmarking calculates
how citations for thisarticle compare with theaverage for similar
articles in the same
field.

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