Scopus 

Scopus

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyse and visualise scientific research. Scopus is designed and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally.

Key facts

  1. Updated daily, it includes the abstracts and references of 15,800 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 international publishers, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage.

  2. Scopus offers seamless linking to full-text articles and other library resources and also integrates web and patent searches directly from its clean and simple interface.

  3. Features like the Journal Analyzer, Affiliation Identifier, Author Identifier and the Citation Tracker have set an industry-wide benchmark for enhanced searching and citation tracking.

  4. The h-index and its visual aids help authors, department heads and university administrators track and interpret their performance.

  5. Scopus also offers PatentCites to track how primary research is practically applied in patents and WebCites to track the influence of peer-reviewed research on web literature.

  6. Easy to set-up alerts, RSS and HTML feeds, are offered to stay-up-to-date on new articles matching the search query.