www scopus com Using Sci Verse Scopus as

www. scopus. com Using Sci. Verse Scopus as a Research and Publishing Tool Universiti Teknologi Petronas March 2012 Ling Yu Lang 1

Sci. Verse Scopus at a glance 375 million scholarly Web items, E-prints, theses, Dissertatio ns, patents Focused 19, 500 titles web STM & information World’s Social scienc Largest es Abstract & Citation Database 5, 000 Academic publisher library s sources 2 15% Elsevier sources 85% other publishers Fastest route to Full. Text 2

Sci. Verse Scopus: the Broadest of STM and Social Sciences Information > 5, 000 publishers 6, 800 7, 200 4, 300 5, 300 3 Life & Health (100% Medline) Chemistry Physics Engineering Biological Agricultural Environment al Social Sciences Psychology Economics 3

Content Type • 46 million records – 25 million records include references going back to 1996 (78% include references) – 21 million pre-1996 records go back as far as 1823 • In addition to traditional scientific and academic journals, Sci. Verse Scopus covers: – – – – 1800 Open Access journals 250 conference proceedings 4. 8 million conference papers 425 Trade Publications 325 Book Series Medline (100% coverage) 375 million quality web sites, including 24. 8 million patents indexed by Scirus – “Article-in-Press” from over 3, 850 journals 4 4

Geographical Coverage • Sci. Verse Scopus covers journals from all geographical regions, including non-English titles (with English abstracts) 5 5

Journal Research and Publishing Workflow Experiment and Conduct Research Asses s Impact Peer Review Build Fame Report Finding s 6 6

• How can Sci. Verse Scopus assist the researcher in searching for literature? Facilitates major tasks researchers have • • • Searching citations & indexes Browsing & searching sources Viewing & storing articles Search History Documents Download • Stay up-to-date • Alerts • RSS 7 • Getting an overview or understanding of a new subject field 7

Searching Citations & Indexes 8 Ability to add more search fields to give greater flexibility 8

Reviewing Search Results 10 Navigator to refine results by: Year Author Name Subject Area Document Type Source Title Keyword Affiliation Country Source Type Language Sort the results 9 9

Reviewing Search Results 10 10

Reviewing Documents Document citation alert 11 11

• Scopus-Cross. Fire Beilstein Integration Enables researchers find relevant chemical compound or reaction information for a compound mentioned in a full-text article. 12 12

Staying up-to-date with Search Alert 13 13

Staying up-to-date with RSS Feed Add feed to favourite RSS aggregator 14 14

Documents Download 15 15

Documents Download Browse to locate the downloaded documents 16 16

Storing Documents Add selected documents to My List 17 17

Storing Documents 18 18

Citation Overview 19 19

Browsing & Searching Sources Two metrics broaden journal evaluation 20 Click on title to go to journal homepage 20

Journal Homepage Find out more about this journal: scope, editors, how to submit an article, etc. 21 Listing of all available volumes and issues 21

Search History 22 22

Managing Personalization Features • Retrieve saved searches • Retrieve stored lists • Add/remove alerts • Change password • Change personal profile • Manage applications 23 23

How can Sci. Verse Scopus assist the researcher in Production & Publication? • Find co-authors, peer reviewers or experts • Narrow down journals for you to select which one to submit for your research area • Generate your References List quickly 24 24

Find Prolific Authors 25 25

Find Prolific Authors Prolific authors 26 26

Select journal to submit to for your research area Journals which publish most papers in biomass gasification 27 27

Metrics for Journal Evaluation (www. journalmetrics. com) SCImago Journal Rank – SJR • Developed by SCImago – Felix de Moya, SCImago research group Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), University of Granada • Main feature: prestige metric – similar to Google Page. Rank • Citations are weighted depending on the status of the source they come from • Secondary feature : different citation behaviour addressed Source-Normalized Impact per Paper – SNIP • Developed by Henk Moed, CWTS, University of Leiden 28 • Main feature: contextual citation impact • Part 1 – evens out differences in likelihood of citation (i. e. differen • Part 2 – evens out differences in database coverage in subject fie 28

Metrics for Journal Evaluation 29 Normalize for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields 29

Metrics for Journal Evaluation Need Impact Factor SJR SNIP Widely used & accepted Simplicity of metrics Manipulation-proof All journals have a metric Metrics are current Database transparency Rank journals without Impact Factors N/A Fair to content – reviews! Metric transparency Fair to all subject fields Flexible ranking Fair to database coverage 30 30

Create Reference List Copy and Paste References into your research paper Select format and style 31 31

How can Sci. Verse Scopus assist the researcher in tracking the citation? • Scopus provides a unique Author Profile page for every author with more than 1 published paper on Scopus – increases awareness of your work • See your citations grow with the Citation Tracker Tool 32 32

Author Search Click to show Author Details 33 33

Author Details Different name formats No. of papers published No. of times cited See his h-Index No. of times Author appears on scientific websites 34 Journals he publishes in Most recent affiliations 34

Author Evaluator 35 35

Assess Impact / Research Performance Measurement • h-Index – can evaluate authors, groups of researchers, institutions, group of articles etc. • Charts to show number of papers published by an author, citations of an author over time • Institution Evaluation 36 36

Types of Research Measures • Existing metrics focus on short term citation value Measures Journals only - Impact factor = 2 years - Immediacy Index = 1 year - Cited Half Life = stops at 10 years • New developments focus on alternative value Measures Journals measurements Authors - h-Index 37 Research groups Subjects - g-Index - Matthew Value 37

h-index in Scopus • Developed in 2005 by Jorge Hirsch, a condensed-matter physicist (University of California in San Diego) and peace activist. 38 38

Why the h-Index • Traditional methods of evaluating authors include : 1. No. of publications per year 2. Total citations from publications 3. Impact factor • These methods of evaluating authors were starting to get questioned by the authors themselves • The h-Index combines quantity and quality, productivity and influence • The h-Index also encourages consistency in citation numbers, favours continuous stream of papers with lasting and above-average impact 39 39

Properties of the h-Index • Easy to determine • Age of Author not taken into account - Both junior and senior authors can have a high or low h. Index • Ignores the highly & poorly cited papers – ‘one-hit wonders’ • Dynamic, not a static number – can change as citations increase, real-time in Scopus • Can be used to measure : Authors, Journals, Institutions, Departments, Faculties, Selection of Papers etc. . etc • See Prof. Hirsch’s paper at : 40 40

Definition of h-Index “The h-index is the highest number of papers a scientist has that have at least that number of citations. ” Nature (2005) A scientist has index h if h of his papers have at least h citations each and the other papers have no more than h citations each. Eg. : Prof. Lee has index 15 if 15 of his papers have at least 15 citations each and the other papers have no more than 15 citations each. 41 41

Citations of Papers from 1996 only Sort papers from highest cited to lowest cited from 1996 onwards 42 42

35 documents written after 1995 Article Rank Number No. of Citations A scientist has index 14 if 14 of his 35 papers after 1995 have at least 14 citations each and the other 21 (35 -14) papers have no more than 14 citations each. 43 43

Institution Evaluation Click to show Affiliation Details Click to show Affiliation Documents 44 44

Affiliation Search Results Year – No. of papers published per year Top Authors who publish the most papers Top Subject Areas/Faculties 45 Top Journals UTP Authors Publish in 45

Affiliation Details Alerts when new papers are written by the institution Research Information Institutions the university has collaborated with the most 46 46

Sci. Verse Scopus Alerts Mobile Apps Sci. Verse Scopus has launched mobile apps for i. Phone/i. Pad, Black. Berry and Android devices. This free application allows you to search Sci. Verse Scopus, share search results, save abstracts to your personal account, set up alerts for new references and citations in your areas of interest and annotate abstracts with your own notes. Initial setup of your personal account needs to be from an Institute Step-by-Step Guide: 1. The App is free for download IP address on the Scopus site (www. Scopus. com) (Institutional Subscribers): (Search: Sci. Verse Scopus Alerts App under App Store, Black. Berry App World & Android Market) 2. After download the App, it will request for your User ID and password that the user has 47 registered on www. Scopus. com 3. Once the user entered the User ID and password, he/she will be able to use the App to conduct a search and viewing of the subscribed contents. 47

Getting Indexed in Scopus • 3 criteria for journal to be considered by Scopus Content selection Committee (librarians, information specialists, professors from around the world): – Abstracts and References must be in English (full-text can be in any language) – Journal must be peer-reviewed – Journal must be published regularly (at least once a year) • Submit the journal to www. info. scopus. com/suggesttitle before August each year to be considered for the following year. • After submission at the website above, send a copy of the journal to: 48 Elsevier BV (Bibliography Databases) Attn: Bd Source Acquisition P. O Box 2227 48

Getting Indexed in Scopus • Free subscriptions of the journals are usually requested by Elsevier’s Source Acquisition if the journal get selected. • For more information on getting indexed in Scopus please email, Ms Jo-an Chia, Account Manager Asia. Pacific, Elsevier. Email address: jo. chia@elsevier. com 49 49

Thank You Questions & Answers www. info. scopus. com 50