Cited Reference Search in Linda Galloway Syracuse University Library May 2014 Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus’ 50 million records consist of: • 29 million records, including references, going back to 1995 (84% include abstracts) • 21,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers • 5.5 million conference papers • “Articles-in-Press” from more than 3,850 journals and publishers • 21 million pre-1996 records going back as far as 1823 • Scopus also cross-searches 25.2 million patents from five patent offices
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Cited Reference Searchin
Linda Galloway Syracuse University Library May 2014
Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Scopus’ 50 million records consist of:• 29 million records, including references, going back to 1995 (84%
include abstracts)• 21,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers • 5.5 million conference papers• “Articles-in-Press” from more than 3,850 journals and
publishers • 21 million pre-1996 records going back as far as 1823• Scopus also cross-searches 25.2 million patents from five patent
offices
Linda Galloway
Disambiguation…. Valid data = Valid metrics
Accurate attribution of research products is the most important first step in a citation analyses.
• Scholarly authors are assigned many identifiers such as Scopus Author ID, Web of Science Researcher ID, institutional ID’s
• Scholars should register for an ORCID - Open Researcher Identifier – this ID is supported by many publishers & platforms.
• Scholars can claim and make public their Google Scholar profile