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Performing a document search
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A. The Document search tab is the Scopus
homepage. Other tabs are Author, Affiliation
and Advanced search.
B. Enter your search terms in this field. You can
combine multiple search terms within one
field. Learn more
C. Select which fields you wish to search fromusing the dropdown menu. Add more search
fields with the + option.
D. Select Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) tocombine search terms.

FE. Use the Limits to focus on publication periods,document types or access type.
F. Your search history is shown here with theoptions to create RSS feeds and alerts, andsave, edit or delete queries. Combine queries
from your history by entering the listed searchnumber with Boolean operators.

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Working with document search results
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A. The options Edit, Save, Set alert and Set feed
are available for the query at the top left of its
results screen.
B. Use the Search within results field to add
additional terms to your search. They will beapplied to this result set.
Use the Refine options to filter the results byaccess type, year, author, subject area,funding sponsor, etc.
C. Click Analyze search results for a breakdownof results by criteria incl. year, source andauthor. Learn more
D. Sort results by date (default option), cited by,relevance, first author name or source title.

E. These options allow batch processing of all or selected results: export; download as PDF; view citation
overview > Learn more; view citing documents; save to temporary list; view references; bibliography;
print; or send results as an email.
F. Click View abstract to display the abstract. View at Publisher opens the full text on the publisher website,
if authorized. Related documents displays referenced works. Links to full text and other library services
depend on how Scopus has been setup for your institution.

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A. Clicking Analyze search results on a search results
page shows the number of documents in your search
results broken down by year, source, author, affiliation,
country, document type and subject area. Click on
individual cards to expand and view additional data.
B. Clicking View citation overview on a search results pageshows how often articles have been cited by otherdocuments per year. You can change the date range
and exclude self citations and book citations. You canalso save, print or export a list of the cited documents.

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Working with a document details page
AEA. Click View at Publisher to open the full text on thepublisher’s website, if authorized.
B. Click an author name to go to the details page forthat author.

BC. View the keywords assigned from thesauri underAuthor keywords and Indexed keywords. Additional
matched terms can include Chemicals and CAS
Registry Numbers, Tradenames and Manufacturers.

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D. View the references cited in this document. The
titles link to the abstract pages for those articles.
E. View citation article level metrics, including PlumX
Metrics, to evaluate both citation impact and levelsof community engagement around an article.

DGF. View the three most recent documents to cite thisarticle here. You can also choose to display all
citing works; set an alert; or set an RSS feed tokeep informed about new citations of this document.
G. View related documents (i.e., with sharedreferences, authors or keywords).

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Performing an author search
A. The Author search tab is beside the Document
search tab. Enter the last (family) name and initials
or first name of the author in the two author fields.
Affiliation can also be added in the Affiliation field.
Scopus will display a list of possible matches.

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B. You can also search using an author’s ORCID ID.
C. Click a name in the list to open the Author profile.
D. Use Follow this author to receive alerts about newpublications. Click View potential author matches toview and group together authors with similar profiles.

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E. Click View h-Graph to display the h-index as a graph.
Click Analyze author output to visualize their output
as graphs. View citation overview analyzes citationsof their articles by publication year.
F. Stay informed about citations of this author with Get
citation alerts. Add to ORCID adds documents to or
creates your ORCID profile. Request author detailcorrections allows you to request edits to the profile.

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Browsing for sources
A. Use the Sources page to browse the list of all
journals, book series, trade publications andconference proceedings available on Scopus.

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B. Search by title, subject area, publisher or ISSN.

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C. Use the refine options to filter the results bydisplay options, CiteScore quartile or source
type.
D. Sort the listed sources by title, CiteScore,number of citations or other parameters (seecolumn titles).
E. Click a source title to open the Source details
page, which lists basic information and journal
metrics.
F. Download the entire Scopus source list as aMicrosoft® Excel® spreadsheet.

ScopusAccessing personalized features
A. Register for and log into Scopus to takeadvantage of a whole range of personalizedfeatures.

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B. After login, click on the menu icon to accessyour account.
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C. Click Personal profile access to modify yourpersonal details and preferences, change yourpassword, and manage your export andreference management settings.

DD. Click My Scopus to view your Dashboard(where you can see the status of any author
feedback correction requests) and to manage
your saved searches, alerts, saved lists andgrouped authors.

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