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Scopus is a scientific abstract and citation database, launched by the academic publisher Elsevier as a competitor to older Web of Science in 2004. [1] The ensuing competition between the two databases has been characterized as "intense" and is considered to significantly benefit their users in terms of continuous improvement in coverage, search/analysis capabilities, but not in price.
Scopus is the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature. It contains over 20,500 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers. While it is a subscription product, authors can review and update their profiles via ORCID.org or by first searching for their profile at the free Scopus author lookup page.
CiteScore (CS) of an academic journal is a measure reflecting the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is produced by Elsevier, based on the citations recorded in the Scopus database.
The database has been linked to data about Retraction in academic publishing to study the frequency of retractions among highly cited researchers. [21] Frietsch et al. [ 22 ] compare the Stanford ranking against the Clarivate 's Highly Cited Researchers database, noting that while the latter captures only 10% of Nobel laureates, the former ...
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a citation index produced since 2015 by Thomson Reuters and now by Clarivate.According to the publisher, the index includes "peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging scientific fields".
Scopus covers journals, some conference papers and books from various publishers, and measures performance on both author and publication levels. [26] In 2009 SciVal Spotlight was released. This tool enabled research administrators to measure their institution's relative standing in terms of productivity, grants, and publications . [27] [28]
Similarly, many others have analysed putatively global or international collaborations and mobility using the even more selective WoS database. [19] [20] [21] Research outputs in this context refers to papers specifically published in peer-reviewed journals that are indexed either in Scopus or WoS. Both WoS and Scopus are considered highly ...
A journal's SJR indicator is a numeric value representing the average number of weighted citations received during a selected year per document published in that journal during the previous three years, as indexed by Scopus. Higher SJR indicator values are meant to indicate greater journal prestige.