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Dr. Wim Meester

Head of Product Management – Scopus http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9350-3448

4th International Scientific and Practical Conference World-Class Scientific Publication - St Petersburg, 26 May 2015

Перспективы развития Scopus и роль российских публикаций в этом процессе

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BRIC FWCI and document output

Brazil (2012)

Russia (2012)

India (2012) China (2012)

Link to interactive chart

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With Project 5-100 Russia has ambitious goals to improve its competitive position

Five of the best Russian universities to enter the top 100 of the leading global university rankings by 2020

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In November 2014, Times Higher Education and Elsevier announced they are partnering to provide the data behind the THE’s flagship World University Rankings and its global university performance analyses.

Times Higher Rankings switched to Scopus

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Scopus is the Gold standard: more than 150 leading research organizations rely on Scopus data

MD Anderson

KeioUniversity

KielUniversity

Gazi University

Queen’s University Belfast

Ural Federal University

CAPES Brazil

Nanyang Technological University

UK BIS

ERA 2014

UK REF

NigerianGovernment

ISTIC Peking University

NRF -Korea

FCT Portugal

Danish BFI

Germany IFQ

Italy ANVUR

IISER

STINTMichigan Corporate Relations Network

ReachNC

Russian Foundationof Basic Research

TCI -Thailand

Rankings:

NSF

European Commission & ERC

NCN Poland

Estonia Research Council

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More tools at Elsevier to support and assess the complete research cycle

University & Research institute

Management

Librarians

ResearchersFunding bodies

Government

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Today we will focus on Scopus but it is important to remember that Scopus underpins other solutions

SCOPUS DATABASE

APIsCustom Data

Mendeley

METRICS

RESEARCH OUTCOMES

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How Scopus and Scopus data support the researcher workflow

Find out what already exists in the global world of research output

Determine how to differentiate your research topic and find new ideas

Decide what, where and with whom to partner or collaborate with

Identify and analyze which journals to submit your article; get published

Track impact of your research; monitor global research trends

Manage your career through citation counts and h-index (and other metrics)

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What content does Scopus include?

Scopus is ideal compared to other products because it has the broadest coverage of global, curated, relevant research, with smart, simple tools to help track, analyze and visualize research.

57.3M records from 22,025 serial titles and 85,540 books21.4M pre 1996 records | 35.7M post 1995 records

• Content from > 5,000 publishers• “Articles in Press” from > 3,750 titles• Titles from 105 different countries in all

geographical regions• 40 “local” languages covered• More than 2,800 Gold Open Access journals

indexed

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Scopus covers different source types for a reason

JOURNALS

• Timely• Peer-reviewed

(formal research)

CONFERENCES

• Preliminary research (can be a bit less formal)

• Newer ideas

BOOKS

• Thorough analysis of a specific topic

All subject fields, but typical fields with high

ratio of journal publication: chemical,

biological, health sciences etc.

Mainly of importance in Computer Science and

Engineering-related subject fields

Mainly of importance in Social Sciences and the

Arts & Humanities

Different source types are added to ensure that coverage, discoverability, profiles and impact measurement for research in all subject fields is accounted for in Scopus.

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CONFERENCES

82K events6.8M records (12%)

Conf. expansion (2005 – 2013):1,017 conferences6,022 conf. events410K conf. papers5M citations

Mainly Engineering and Physical Sciences

BOOKS

512 book series- 28K Volumes- 1.0M items

85,540 books- 707K items

Books expansion:120K books by 2015- Focus on Social Sciences and A&H

PATENTS

24M patents from 5 major patent offices:

• UK• US• Japan• Europe• World

JOURNALS

21,150 peer-reviewed journals359 trade journals

• Full metadata, abstracts and cited references (references for post-1995 only)

• >2,800 fully Open Access titles• Going back to 1823• Funding data from

acknowledgements

Physical Sciences7,456

Health Sciences6,834

SocialSciences8,042

LifeSciences4,509

What content does Scopus include?

Source: Scopus title list (February 2015)

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Scopus article growth over years

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

4,000,000

Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences

Source: Scopus data March 2015

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Ratio of titles per Publisher in Scopus10%

8%

5%

5%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%1%

1%

Other60%

Source: Scopus title list (February 2015)

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Pre-1996 cited reference expansion

Coverage years

• Pre-1996, going back to 1970

Number of articles

• Around 8M+ articles will be re-processed to include cited references. In addition around 4M pre-1996 articles will be backfilled

Scope• Archives from major publishers

with available digital archives

H-index for senior researchers increases:

Already 2.6M pre-1996 documents loaded in Scopus leading to additional 55M cited references:

2015 processing planning:

Author 1 Author 2 Author 3 Author 40

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10-Jul22-Aug14-Nov20-Nov4-Dec30-Dec23-Jan

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

Tier 4

Jan-

15

Feb-1

5

Mar

-15

Apr-1

5

May

-15

Jun-

15

Jul-1

5

Aug-1

5

Sep-1

5

Oct-1

5

Nov-1

5

Dec-1

50%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

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Comparison with nearest peer

Scopus21,671

Web of Science12,491

Scopus7,410 (+78%)

WoS4,188

Scopus6,740 (+97%)

WoS3,415

Scopus4,436 (+50%)

WoS2,954

Scopus7,684 (+90%)

WoS4,016

Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences

~12K titles (Core Collection)

3,300 publishers

Updated weekly

~21K titles

>5,000 publishers

Updated daily

Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus’ own data (April 2014)

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

Documents with Russian country affiliation 2005–2014:

Breadth of coverage Russian Federation (documents)

Source: Scopus data May 2015

Russia (Scopus)

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227 active journals from Russia in Scopus Of which 114 Scopus-unique English

(93%)

Russian (6.6%) Other(0.4%)

Breadth of coverage in Russia (journals)

Source: Scopus and WoS title list February 2015

Journals from Russia*:

Russia (Scopus)Series1

0

50

100

150

200

250

Interna-tional

journals69%

Russian journals

31%

Where do Russian researchers publish (2010 – 2014)

And in what language (2005 – 2014):

Russia (WoS)

*Only counting journals published by publishers located in Russia

Interna-tional au-

thors37%

Russian authors

63%

Author distribution in Russian journals (2010 – 2014)

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High quality journals due to selection by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB)

The CSAB is chosen for their expertise in specific subject areas; many have (journal) Editor experience

Focus on quality through content selection by the independent CSAB, because:

• Provide accurate and relevant search results for users• No dilution of search results by irrelevant or low quality content• Support that Scopus is recognized as authoritative• Support confidence that Scopus “reflects the truth”

ERA (Australia)

UNAM

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Successful journal selection is a combination of different aspects

Quality

Diversity Relevancy

Successful journal

selection

Scientific quality of the science published, but also publishing format and (ethical) standards

Is the (international)

diversity of authorship and

editorial board in line with aims &

scope

Is the content type and subject

relevant to the (international) user base of

Scopus

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Peer-review English abstracts

Regular publication

Roman script references

Pub. ethics statement

Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content

Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability

1. All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review:

2. Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a combination of 14 quantitative & qualitative selection criteria grouped in 5 categories:

Continuous review process using the online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP)Info: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview Questions: titlesuggestion@scopus.com

3. As a primary publisher and information aggregator, Elsevier understands the needs of Authors, Editors and Publishers and provides resources to support the community:

Review comments from CSAB

FAQsPublication ethics

resourcesPublishing services

Research Trends, Editor Update newsletters

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Keeping track of suggested titles

http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/progressTracker

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All Scopus journals have journal metrics measuring citation performance

www.journalmetrics.com/

Elsevier Journal Metrics strategy: Provide the most complete picture possible of how a journal is performing, and of how it is perceived. It is impossible for a single metric to do everything, so we offer a “basket of metrics”

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Introducing the basket of metricsThis is intended to be illustrative, rather than exhaustive

- Editor- Board

- Authors

Contributions ImpactCommunity

Outputs

Consumption

UsageCitationsAudience

- Social Activity - Media Activity

Esteem

- Scholarly Activity

- Academic opinion

Geographical spread

Collaboration network

Sector distribution

h-index

Scholarly Output

Research data output

Conference output

Citation metrics

Usage metrics

SNIP, IPP, SJR, IF

Audience distribution

Audience sector

Scholarly altmetrics

Peer review metrics

Prizes and awards

Social altmetrics

Media coverage

Medical guidelines

Influence policies

Opinion data

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Article output per country in High Energy Physics

2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

BrazilIndiaChinaRussia

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High energy particle physics – FWCI

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High energy particle physics – FWVI

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