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19.6+ million
author profiles

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Scopus includes:
94+ million records

330+ thousandbooks• 87+ million records post-1969 with references• Includes monographs, edited volumes, major
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2+ million preprints from 7 preprint servers
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Health Sciences

12.7+ thousand titles in arts & humanities;business, management & accounting; decision
sciences; economics, econometrics & finance;
psychology; social sciences

7.5+ thousand titles in medicine; nursing;dentistry; health professions; veterinary

44%

26%

Physical Sciences
9.6+ thousand titles in chemical engineering;chemistry; computer science; earth &planetary sciences; energy; engineering;
environmental science; materials science;
mathematics; physics & astronomy

33%

19%

Life Sciences
5.4+ thousand titles in agriculture &biological sciences; biochemistry, genetics& molecular biology; immunology &microbiology; neuroscience; pharmacology,toxicology & pharmaceutics*Counts include only active titles. Titles may fall into more than one major subject area.
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