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December, 2019
@ Gifu University
Elsevier Japan KK2Agenda• What is Scopus?
• Basic search workflow• Find high-impact articles

Find the latest articles
about your research topic
Find important articles
based on citations• Search for authors

Check the author profile ofa top researcher• Check journal metrics

Select a journal to publishwith• Personal Log-inAlert

What is Scopus︖- Comparison 13

 Indexed journal information.
(All Scopus indexed titles are peer-review titles.)What is Scopus? - Comparison 2 Abstract & Citation Database• Title• Authors• Abstract• Keywords• Main text
−Introduction−Methods−Results−Discussions (Conclusion)• References

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What is Scopus? - Comparison 2 Abstract & Citation Database5

Journal Title
Article Title

Article Title

Article Title

Bibliographic Info

Bibliographic Info

Bibliographic Info

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

Keywords

Keywords

Keywords

FieldsFull Text

DB TypeE-journal list,
OPAC

Abstract DB

PurposeCheck availabilityof the title

Know what thearticle is about

References
References

References

Abstract & Citation DB

Full Text DB

Know what (who)is citing the article
and by what(whom) the article
is citedCan rank
and sort
articles by
the numberof citations

Read and search for
full-text articles

ExamplesCovers morethan 5,000
publishers
worldwide

Basic search workflow① Start searching

Covers a particularpublisherʼs full-text
articles6

Select search mode

Search terms

Search fields

Date range and Document type

Search history
Combine queries
Switch to Japanese, Chinese, or Russian user interface※ Selection of language is remembered if you arelogged inBasic search workflow② Search results (Link to Articles / Authors / Titles)

Link to Articles

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Link toAuthors
Link toSources(titles)

Basic search workflow③ Search results (View abstract, Full text link)

Customized fulltext link

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Link to full text atpublisherʼs site

Show abstract
within this page

Link to Article details pageBasic search workflow④ Search results (Alerts, Refine)9

Save search (login required)Search Alert / RSS

Notify by e-mail when new articles matching
the search query are loaded on Scopus (loginrequired)OR deliver to RSS reader

Add search terms

Check breakdownof results andrefine results

Basic search workflow⑤ Search results (Sort)

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Sorted on date(newest first) by default

Basic search workflow⑥ Search results (Analyze search results)

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View in charts and graphs

Basic search workflow⑦ Export

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Export to major reference management
tools such as Mendeley, RefWorks, andEndNote

Selectdocuments
to export

Basic search workflow - Search tips (1)13General Rules•Not case sensitive•

Entering singular nouns also searches for plural nouns and possessives (with some exceptions)e.g. city and cities and cityʼs; woman and women; criterion and criteria•Entering either American or British spellings searches for both variations （with someexceptions) (e.g. behavior and behaviour; stabilization and stabilization )•Entering either variation of Greek letters ( α OR alpha; β OR beta ) searches for both variations

Wildcards* replaces any number of characters

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e.g.

econom* searches for economy, economics, economical, etc.

? Replaces only one character

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e.g.

sawt??th searches for sawtooth and sawteethPhrase Search
To search as a phrase, enclose it in double quotation marks
e.g. “heart attack” searches for heart attack, heart-attack, heart attacks, etc.

•Exact Phrase Search
To search as an exact phrase, enclose the search terms in curly brackets
e.g. {heart-attack} searches for heart-attack with a hyphen only
{Na+} searches for Na+ with a plus sign only•

Basic search workflow - Search tips (2)14Boolean Operators•AND•

ORFinds documents that contain any of the terms. It is
used to cover synonyms, alternate spellings, or abbreviations.

e.g.

weather OR climate; “green fluorescent protein” OR gfp

AND NOT

Excludes documents that include the specified termfrom the search. It must be used at the end of a search.

e.g.

tumor AND NOT malignant•

Finds only documents that contain all of the terms.
The terms may be far apart from each other.
e.g. food AND poison

Proximity Operators•

W/n

The terms must be within a specified number of terms (n).
Either word may appear first.
e.g. climate W/5 change searches for climate and carbon cycle changesand future changes in climate•PRE/nThe first term must precede the second by a specified number of terms (n).
e.g. user PRE/3 interface also searches for user-friendly interface

Find high-impact articles① Backward and Forward Citation

15【Forward citation】
Documents citing the target article(published after the target article)

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Number ofcitations
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Generally, articles with alarge number of citations
are regarded as highimpact articles【Backward citation】
Documents cited by the target article(published before the target article)

Find high-impact articles② Average citation number varies.

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The average of citations is different by subject areas, publication year, anddocument type

Publication Year, Document Type

Subject Areas
Subject Area

Average citations (2013-2017)

Source: SciVal, 2013-2017, as of 2018.12.14

Find high-impact articles③ Field Weighted Citation Impact & Citation Benchmarking

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Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) shows how

well cited this article is when compared to similar articles. FWCI
greater than 1.00 means the article is more cited than
expected according to the average. It takes into account theyear of publication, the document type, and disciplines
associated with its source.

Citation Benchmarking shows how citations received bythis article compare with the averages for similar articles.
99th percentile is high, and indicates an article in the top 1%
globally. It takes into the account date of publication, thedocument type, and disciplines associated with its source.

Find high-impact articles④ Sort by the number of citations

18Sort on the number of citations (highest)

Clicking on thenumber shows the listof citing documents

Find high-impact articles③ Document details page (Abstract + References)

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View all metrics
Number of citations

Title
Authors
AbstractKeywords

Number of citations +Documents citing this article
Document citation alert
Notify when this article is newly
cited by other articles (loginrequired) or deliver to RSS reader
Related documents based onshared references, authors,
keywords

References

Now, Scopus has researchdata information

Find high-impact articles④ Citation Benchmarking and FWCI

20Field-Weighted Citation Impact shows how well cited thisarticle is when compared to similar articles. FWCI greater than 1.00
means the article is more cited than expected according to theaverage. It takes into account the year of publication, thedocument type, and disciplines associated with its source.

Citation Benchmarking shows how citations received by thisarticle compare with the averages for similar articles.
99th percentile is high, and indicates an article in the top 1%
globally. It takes into the account date of publication, the document
type, and disciplines associated with its source.

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Find important articles
based on citations

Hands-on practice (2）Based on the “Search results” you have on Hands-on practice 1.
1. Open “Sort on” box, Choose “Cited by (highest)”
2. Select/Open the most cited articles from the results.
3. “View all metrics” and check the following items.
•Citations numbers.

•Field Weighted Citation Impact.

•Citation Benchmarking.

Find high-impact articles④ Citation Benchmarking and FWCI

Citation Count : 7
FWCI : 0.52 (0.52 higher impact than average)
Citation Benchmarking : 75th percentile
Article information: Ten years of induced pluripotency: Frombasic mechanisms to therapeutic applications(2016) Development (Cambridge), 143(12), pp. 2039-2043

22Citation Count : 7
FWCI : 9.3 (9.3 higher impact than average)
Citation Benchmarking : 99 th percentile
Article information : Why Britain voted For Brexit : An individuallevel analysis of the 2016 referendum vote Parliamentary Affairs,
70 (3), pp 439-464

Same citation count but impact of an article varies.

Find high-impact articles⑤ Other article metrics

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Scholarly Activity Mendeley, CiteULike, etc.
Scholarly Commentary Blogs, Reviews,
Wikipedia, etc.
Mass MediaSocial Activity Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Search for authors① How Scopus author profiles are created

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All Scopus documents

The most powerful

ALGORITHMIC

data processing in theindustry
Groups papers to a profile with high degree ofaccuracy based on matching of name, email,affiliation, subject area, citations, coauthors,...

MANUAL feedback via
the Author Feedback
WizardCombines the starting point from the algorithm
profiles and the manual feedback to create themost accurate profiles with the least effort.

Scopus Author Profiles

Search for authors

25② Author search

Scopus groups documents written by the sameauthor via an algorithm that matches authorshipbased on certain criteria.

If documents by an author
are split into multiple author
profiles, you can request to
merge them by using author
feedback wizard.

Link to the author profile

Search for authors③ Author profile

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Search alert
Notify by e-mail when
this author publishes
new articles (loginrequired)

Author citation alert

Notify by e-mail when thisauthor is newly cited(login required)・Documents published by this author
・Documents citing this author
・Co-authors

Analytical functions

Search for authors④ Analyze author output, h-index, Citation overview

Documents (by source, type,year, subject area), h-index、
Citations, and Co-authors

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The h-index is based on the highest
number of papers included that have
had at least the same number ofcitations.

Citation overview shows thenumber of times thedocuments were cited bypublication year.

Check journal metrics① Journal metrics

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The yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in ajournal
CiteScore (released in December 2016)

Impact Factor

VendorElsevier

Clarivate Analytics (used to be homson Reuters IPDatabase

ScopusWeb of ScienceCoverage

3 years

2 years or 5 years

Document
Types

A=BAll document types

A≠B
A = All document types
B = Articles, Reviews, Proceedings
papers& Science)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 20182013 2014 2015 2016 2017 20182013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Check journal metrics② Search for a source

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Check CiteScore, SJR, and SNIP of a journal:SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) is weighted by theprestige of a journal. Subject field, quality and reputationof the journal have a direct effect on the value of acitation.
SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations
based on the total number of citations in a subject field.

Search Journal titles by Subject area
 Title Publisher
 ISSN (International Serial Standard Numbers)

Check journal metrics③ Source details and CiteScore

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Check journal metrics④ CiteScore rank & trend

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CiteScore trend
Select a subject area

CiteScore benchmarking

Hands-on practice (4)Select a journal topublish with

Check a Journal CiteScore and other information on Scopus title page.
1. Click themenu on the top to display the Sources page.

2. Search by “Subject area” and choose “Agricultural and Biological Sciences”.
3. Choose an one of titles.
4. Check CiteScore / CiteScore rank & trend.

32Personalization① User registration, Login33※ By user registration, you can use personal features
such as e-mail alerts. You can use the sameusername/password for ScienceDirect and Mendeley.

Your e-mail address is your username

Personalization② E-mail alerts

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Search Alerts … from Search results, Author
details, Source details
Author Citation Alerts … from Author details
Document Citation Alerts … from Document
details, Author details

E-mail address(es)Frequency
E-mail format

Display and edit savedalerts

Personalization③ List35

Add selected articles to List

Show documents in List

Personalization④ My Settings, My ScopusYour name is displayedwhen logged in36