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Derrick Duncombe

Market Development Manager (Asia Pacific)

Scopus certification programme for Editors

(Level 3) – Pilot

10 November 2017

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2) Recap – Levels 1 & 2 contents

3) Q & A

1) Pilot survey results

Agenda

a) Questions for you

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(1) Pilot Survey Results

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(1a) Questions for you

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Questions

1. Would you be okay with an open-book format examination approach? Yes or No?

If not, what type would you like to see – Multiple Choice Questions? Open Ended

questions?

2. How many test questions should there be for Level 3? 5, 10 or 20 questions?

3. Should all questions be scenario based questions? Yes or No?

4. Would it be okay to show screenshots and asking you to arrange them in the proper

sequence?

5. Is there any particular topic that you would like to see tested (aside from the ones as per

the survey results)?

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(2) Recap – Levels 1 & 2 contents

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What is Scopus?

Scopus is the world’s largest Abstract & Indexing (A&I) database.

(It is also known as an “abstract & citation” database)

Worldwide, Scopus is used by academic, government and corporate institutions and is the main data source that supports the Research Intelligence portfolio.

What does it do?

It is a research discovery solution. It aggregates and points to scholarly literature (articles, conference papers, books, reviews, etc.) across 5,000 publishers.

What’s the difference between an A&I database like Scopus and a Full-Text platform like ScienceDirect?

An A&I database provides the user only with an abstract of the article and a link to the full text of the article on that specific platform. If the affiliation or institution subscribes to that platform then the user can have access to the full-text article.

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Let’s get to know Scopus

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World University Ranking bodies use Scopus data

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World University Ranking bodies use Scopus data

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Coverage of high quality journals via selection by the

independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB)

• The CSAB is an independent board of subject experts from all over the world.

• Board members are chosen for their expertise in specific subject areas; many have (journal) Editor

experience

• Titles are selected for Scopus inclusion by the CSAB.

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Scopus Journal Selection Criteria

Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability

Peer-review

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

Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a

combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria:

• Convincing editorial

concept/policy

• Type of peer-review

• Diversity geographic

distribution of editors

• Diversity geographic

distribution of authors

• Academic

contribution to the

field

• Clarity of abstracts

• Quality and

conformity with

stated aims & scope

• Readability of

articles

• Citedness of journal

articles in Scopus

• Editor standing

• No delay in

publication schedule

• Content available

online

• English-language

journal home page

• Quality of home

page

Info: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview

Questions: titlesuggestion@scopus.com

Title suggestion form: http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/suggestTitle/step1.cfm

English

abstractsRegular

publication

Roman script

references

Pub. ethics

statement

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

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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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Scopus: Let’s dive deeper into source coverage

21,951 peer-reviewed

journals

280 trade journals

• Full metadata, abstracts

and cited references (refs

post-1970 only)

• Funding data from

acknowledgements

• Citations back to 1970

Physical

Sciences

7,441

Health

Sciences

7,133

Social

Sciences

8,698

Life

Sciences

4,601

100K conference

events

8M conference

papers

Mainly Engineering

and Computer

Sciences

562 book series

150K stand-alone

books

1.2M items

Focus on Social

Sciences and A&H

68M records from 23K serials, 100K conferences and 150K books

from more than 5K publishers and 105 countries,

indexed into 27 main subject areas

• Updated daily

• Records back to 1823

• “Articles in Press” from > 3,750 titles

• 40 different languages covered

• 3,643 active Gold Open Access journals indexed

BOOKSCONFERENCESJOURNALS

27M patents

From 5 major

patent offices

- WIPO

- EPO

- USPTO

- JPO

- UK IPO

PATENTS*

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Overall Content Comparison with the nearest competitor

Scopus

6,822 (+91%)

Nearest

competito

r

3,577

Health Sciences

Scopus

4,532 (+48%)

Nearest

competitor

3,052

Life Sciences

Scopus

8,233 (+96%)

Nearest

competitor

4,202

Social Sciences

Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science Core Collection title list and Scopus’ own data (May 2016)

Scopus22,748

(+80%)

Nearest

competitor

12,459

Nearest competitor

~12K titles (Core Collection),(18,000 with ESCI) – WoS Core 3

3,300 publishers

Updated weekly

~22K titles

>5,000 publishers

Updated daily

Scopus

7,450 (+69%)

Physical Sciences

Nearest

competitor

4,408

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What does being indexed in Scopus mean?

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What does being indexed in Scopus mean for a journal?

A journal that is suggested to Scopus and gets accepted for inclusion by the CSAB Subject

Chairs and indexed into its database will get:

• international visibility

• increased citations for individual researchers as well as the journal

• increases the opportunity for collaboration with other researchers from around the world

The journal will also be contributing to the wider scholarly community in the specialist

subject field.

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Scopus journal selection criteria

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Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content

Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability

Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a

combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria:

• Convincing editorial

concept/policy

• Type of peer-review

• Diversity geographic

distribution of editors

• Diversity geographic

distribution of authors

• Academic

contribution to the

field

• Clarity of abstracts

• Quality and

conformity with

stated aims & scope

• Readability of

articles

• Citedness of journal

articles in Scopus

• Editor standing

• No delay in

publication schedule

• Content available

online

• English-language

journal home page

• Quality of home

page

https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/content/content-policy-and-selection or titlesuggestion@scopus.com

Previous webinar with more information on Scopus content selection criteria : https://blog.scopus.com/webinars

Peer-reviewEnglish

abstracts

Regular

publicationRoman script

referencesPub. ethics

statement

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

Stage 2:

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Ongoing content curation of Scopus to ensure continuous high-quality content

Identification of

poorly performing

journals using

metrics &

benchmarks

“Radar” to predict

journals with outlier

performance

Direct feedback

from users and

stakeholders on

poorly performing

journals

Re-evaluation by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB)

Content Curation

Curation of the full journal base is essential and expected by our

customers and users.

Review:

Curate:

Find more information on Elsevier.com ‘Discontinued Sources List’: https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/content

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Transparent, annual re-evaluation process to ensure titles continue to

meet high quality standards

Learn more on this topic via the Scopus blog: http://blog.scopus.com/posts/scopus-launches-annual-journal-re-evaluation-process-to-maintain-content-quality

or Elsevier.com: http://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus/content/content-policy-and-selection#title_re-evaluation

Full Scopus Journal base

Year 1

Year 2

Analyze full Scopus journal corpus performance based on

set metrics & benchmarks

Flag underperforming journals & inform journal publishers

If a journal underperforms for 2 consecutive years, CSAB

will re-evaluate the title based on Scopus selection criteria

Continue forward flow Discontinue forward flow or

Analyze full Scopus journal corpus performance based on

set metrics & benchmarks

Flag underperforming journals & inform journal publishers

Flagged journals for which concerns are raised, CSAB will

re-evaluate the title based on Scopus selection criteria

CSAB review

CSAB decision

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Latest Developments in Scopus

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Funding Acknowledgements

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Funding data expansion project

What?

• Capture full text funding information

• Tag funding body name, acronym and number using Natural Language Processing (NLP)

• Backfill full text funding information and tagging back to 2008 and further

• Include funding information from 3rd

party curated lists: (NIH/NSF/CrossRef/KAKEN/ResearchFish)

Why?

• Provide funders with high(er) quality funding information in Scopus

• Allows for verification & identifying additional funding sources

Scope

• 2016 going forward

• Backfill to 2008 (same as WoS) and further

2015 2017Q1

2016Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1

2017Q2 Q3 Q4

Start capture funding

information forward flow

Visualize funding data in

Scopus.comProject end

Start development NPL tagging tool

Start defining capturing instructions

Start including

3rd party lists

Number Funding Acronym

Conselho Nacional de Desenvo

lvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG

291472 European Research Council ERC

Funding text

We are grateful for K. Behnia, Y.-L. Chen, L.-K. Lim,

Z.-K. Liu, E. G. Mele, J. Moore, S.-Q. Shen and D.

Varjas for helpful discussions. This work was

financially supported by the Deutsche

Forschungsgemein- schaft DFG (Project No. EB

518/1-1 of DFG-SPP 1666 Topological Insulators,

and SFB 1143) and by the ERC (Advanced Grant No.

291472 Idea Heusler). R.D.d.R. acknowledges

financial support from the Brazilian agency CNPq.

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Funding acknowledgements in Scopus records

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Search by Funding Sponsor

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Journal metrics and CiteScore

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When used correctly, research metrics together with qualitative input give a balanced, multi-

dimensional view for decision-making

Two Golden Rules for using research metrics

Always use both qualitative

and quantitative input into

your decisions

Always use more than one

research metric as the

quantitative input

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Journal Metrics in Scopus: CiteScore, SNIP and SJR

SJR

• SJR = SCImago Journal Rank

• More prestigious nature of citations that come

from within the same, or a closely related field

• Overcome the tendency for prestige scores

the quantity of journals increases

• Readily understandable scoring scale with an

average of 1 for easy comparison

www.journalmetrics.com

SNIP

• SNIP = Sourced Normalized Impact per Paper

• Refined metric calculation, better corrects for field

differences

• Outlier scores are closer to average

• Readily understandable scoring scale with an average

of 1 for easy comparison

CiteScore• A metric that gives a more comprehensive, transparent and current view of a

journal’s impact.

• A 3 year citation window

• CiteScore’s numerator and denominator both include all document types. This

includes articles, reviews, letters, notes, editorials, conference papers and other

documents indexed by Scopus are included. The numerator and the

denominator used in the CiteScore calculation are thus consistent.

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Filling the gap in the Scopus basket of journal metrics

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Compensates for differences in

field, type and age

Meaningful benchmark is “built in” –

1 is average for a subject area

× People may not like small numbers

× Complicated; difficult to validate

× No idea of magnitude: how many

citations does it represent?

Large number

Simple, easy to validate

Communicates magnitude of

activity

× Affected by differences in field,

type and age

× Meaningless without additional

benchmarking

withSNIP and SJRCiteScore

and associated metrics

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What are CiteScore metrics?

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CiteScore is a simple metric for all Scopus journals

B

CiteScore 2016 value

B

=

A

Citations in 2016

Documents from 3 years

20122011 2013 2014 2015 2016

A

CiteScore Impact Factor

A = citations to 3 years of documents A = citations to 2 or 5 years of documents

B = all documents indexed in Scopus, same as A B = only citable items (articles and reviews),

different from A

2017

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Advantages of CiteScore metrics

CurrentTransparentComprehensive

Based on Scopus, the

world’s broadest abstract

and citation database

CiteScore metrics will be

available for all serial

titles, not just journals

CiteScore metrics could be

calculated for portfolios

CiteScore metrics will be

available for free

CiteScore metrics are easy

to calculate for yourself

The underlying database

is available for you to

interrogate

CiteScore Tracker is

updated monthly

New titles will have

CiteScore metrics the year

after they are indexed in

Scopus

And best of all, it’s FREE!

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PlumX Metrics

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Plum Analytics joined Elsevier in February 2017

47Source: https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-acquires-leading-altmetrics-provider-plum-analytics

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USAGE(clicks, downloads, views,

library holdings, video plays)

CAPTURES(bookmarks, code forks, favorites,

readers, watchers)

MENTIONS(blog posts, comments,

reviews, Wikipedia links)

SOCIAL MEDIA(+1s, likes, shares, tweets)

CITATIONS(citation indexes, patent

citations, clinical citations)

Metrics

Categories

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So what are the latest developments in Scopus

There are many developments, but if I have to mention just three:

1. Funding ackoweldgements in Scopus are being heavily expanded

2. CiteScore journal metrics and www.journalmetrics.scopus.com

3. PlumX Metrics

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(3) Q & A

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Important Scopus resources to stay up to date:Site URL

Scopus Info Site https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus

Scopus Blog http://blog.scopus.com

Scopus newsletter https://communications.elsevier.com/webApp/els_doubleOptInWA?do=0&srv=

els_scopus&sid=71&uif=0&uvis=3

Twitter www.twitter.com/scopus

Facebook www.facebook.com/elsevierscopus

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/scopus-an-eye-on-global-research

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/ScopusDotCom

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