Scopus

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Indonesian Journal Editors
Workshop
Presented by:
Derrick Duncombe
Customer Outreach Manager (APAC) & Lead for CSAB
May 2015
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Goal:
How to get your journal indexed
in Scopus
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What does inclusion 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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Agenda
1) Quick overview: Scopus & CSAB
2) Scopus Journal selection criteria & Evaluation process
3) Scopus as an editor workflow tool
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1) Quick Overview:
- Scopus & CSAB
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Designed to support literature research process
1) What’s the
best journal for
my research?
5) Who else is
working on this in
my country or
elsewhere in the
world?
4) What’s the
trend – is this a
growing or
declining field?
2) What related
interdisciplinary,
global research is
being produced?
3) Who is citing
my work? Where
is my work being
cited?
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What content does Scopus include?
55.0M records from 21,671 serial titles and 50,114 books
21.3M pre 1996 records | 33.7M post 1995 records
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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
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.
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Scopus covers different source types for a reason
JOURNALS
• Timely
• Peer-reviewed
(formal research)
All subject fields, but
typical fields with high
ratio of journal
publication: chemical,
biological, health sciences
etc.
CONFERENCES
BOOKS
• Preliminary research
(can be a bit less
formal)
• Newer ideas
• Thorough analysis of
a specific topic
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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What content does Scopus include?
Physical
Sciences
7,410
Health
Sciences
6,740
Social
Sciences
7,684
Life
Sciences
4,436
JOURNALS
CONFERENCES
BOOKS
PATENTS
20,874 peer-reviewed journals
367 trade journals
77K events
6.4M records (12%)
421 book series
- 28K Volumes
- 925K items
24M patents
from 5 major
patent offices
- Full metadata, abstracts and
cited references (references for
post-1996 only)
- >2,800 fully Open Access titles
- Going back to 1823
- Funding data from
acknowledgements
Conf. expansion:
1,000 conferences
6,000 conf. events
400k conf. papers
5M citations
Source: Scopus title list (May 2014)
Mainly Engineering
and Physical
Sciences
50,114 books
- 462K items
Books expansion:
75K books by 2015
- Focus on Social
Sciences and A&H
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Scopus article growth over years
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
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2004
2005
2006
Physical Sciences
Source: Scopus data 13 May 2014
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2008
Health Sciences
2009
2010
Life Sciences
2011
2012
Social Sciences
2013
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Ratio of journals per Publisher in Scopus
10%
8%
5%
5%
2%
1%
Other
60%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
Source: Scopus title list (May 2014)
1% 1%
1%
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Comparison with nearest peer
~21K titles
~12K titles
Scopus
21,671
>5,000 publishers
Web of Science
12,491
Updated daily
3,300 publishers
Updated weekly
Scopus
7,410 (+78%)
Scopus
6,740 (+97%)
Scopus
4,436 (+50%)
Scopus
7,684 (+90%)
WoS
4,188
WoS
3,415
WoS
2,954
WoS
4,016
Physical Sciences
Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Social Sciences
Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus’ own data (April 2014)
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Arts & Humanities Coverage
Did you know?
• Scopus’ Arts & Humanities coverage has grown from 2,000 titles in
2008 to more than 4,200 titles – and includes more than 1 million
articles.
• The Scopus Books Expansion Project has added 75,000 books
including a large proportion in the Arts & Humanities. And another
45,000 titles will be added by December 2015.
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Broader coverage = higher citations
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Leading research institutes use Scopus
Name of Institute
Country
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
University of Cambridge
University College London
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
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UK
UK
UK
UK
Stanford University
Yale University
University of Chicago
US
US
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California Institute of Technology
Princeton University
ETH Zurich
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Edinburgh
University of Toronto
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
King’s College London
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Switzerland
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UK
Canada
Switzerland
UK
12%
Scopus
Non-Scopus
88%
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Elsevier chosen to provide Scopus data and SciVal
analytics for the 2015 Times Higher Education (THE)
World University Rankings
• On 19 November 2014, we announced an agreement with
Times Higher Education (THE) to provide the data and
analytics to support THE’s flagship rankings, including the
World University Rankings, 100 Under 50, Asia University and
BRICS & Emerging Economies rankings.
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Leading organizations rely on Scopus – More than 150
research organizations use Scopus data
Russian Foundation
of Basic Research
UK REF
UK BIS
Queen’s
University
Belfast
Kiel
University
Ural Federal
University
STINT
Michigan Corporate
Relations Network
Danish BFI
MD Anderson
Germany IFQ
OECD
Keio
University
FCT Portugal
Italy ANVUR
Gazi
University
ReachNC
CAPES Brazil
Nigerian
Government
ISTIC
Peking
IISER
University
ECSACThailand
ECSAC-Korea
Nanyang
Technological
University
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Scopus is…
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The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature,
featuring smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
The most comprehensive overview of the world's research output in
the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and Arts &
Humanities.
A tool that is easy to use and fast to learn.
Is rapidly growing in popularity. Since its creation in 2004, more than 2,300
institutes have subscribed, including 88% of the top 25 academic
research institutions and leading corporate R&D centers.
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67% of the League of European Universities use Scopus
50% of Ivy League
Is evolving to interoperate with more world-class tools in citation
management, reference management – and collaboration
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2) Scopus Journal Selection Criteria
& Evaluation Process
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Broad coverage does not mean poor standards
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Titles are selected 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:
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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”
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Transparent title evaluation process by an independent
Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB)
Publisher
or Editor
Review titles and make decision
Suggest title
Check
Min. criteria
“Enrich”
titles
CSAB
External
reviewer
Continuous review process using an online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP)
Online suggestion form: http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/index.cfm
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Scopus journal selection criteria
Stage 1:
Pre-selection / technical criteria
Stage 2:
Scopus journal selection criteria
Journal
policy
Minimum criteria
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Peer-review
English abstracts
Quality of
content
Regular publication
References in Roman script
Publication ethics statement
Journal
standing
Regularity
Online
availability
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Convincing editorial concept/policy
Level of peer-review
Diversity in geographic distribution of editors
Diversity in 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
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Stage 1: Minimum Criteria to Qualify for Submission
• 2 years minimum
• Peer-reviewed content
• Published on a regular basis (have a ISSN number
registered with the International ISSN Centre)
• Relevant and readable for an international audience (for
example have references in Roman script and English
language abstracts and titles)
• Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
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Stage 2: Key Areas of Evaluation
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Journal Policy
Quality of Content
Journal Standing
Regularity
Online Availability
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Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content
Stage 1:
All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review:
Peer-review
English
abstracts
Regular
publication
Roman script
references
Pub. ethics
statement
Stage 2:
Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a
combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria:
Journal Policy
Quality of Content
Journal Standing
Regularity
• Convincing editorial
concept/policy
• Type of peer-review
• Academic
• Citedness of journal • No delay in
contribution to the
articles in Scopus
publication schedule
field
• Editor standing
• Diversity geographic • Clarity of abstracts
distribution of editors • Quality and
• Diversity geographic conformity with stated
distribution of authors aims & scope
• Readability of
articles
Continuous review process using an online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP)
Info: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview
Questions: [email protected]
Online Availability
• Content available
online
• English-language
journal home page
• Quality of home
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Publication Ethics
• Scopus requires that every journal which accrues to the system
must publish a clear and consistent statement of Publication Ethics
and Policies in respect of Malpractice, and that each publisher will
be held to account for the performance and compliance with this
policy.
• Important issues include:
Plagiarism
- Originality
- Fraud
- Conflict of Interest
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Types of ethics complaints
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Fabrication of data or cases
Wilful falsification of data
Plagiarism
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No ethics approval
Not admitting missing data
Ignoring outliers
No data on side effects
Gift authorship
Redundant publication
Inadequate literature search
FFP = Falsification, Fabrication, Plagiarism
QRP= Questionable Research Practice
serious
FFP
QRP
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Plagiarism
• Literal copying without acknowledgement or permission
• Substantial copying
• Paraphrasing ideas without acknowledgement
• Reproducing portions of an author’s own work
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What is the community doing?
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Publication Ethics Statement
• Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement required
• No specific wording suggested
• Useful resources:
http://www.elsevier.com/editors/perk/what-is-elseviers-position-onpublishing-ethics
http://publicationethics.org/
http://www.icmje.org/
www.ethics.elsevier.com
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Q&A
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FAQ
• http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/234332/SC
_FAQ-content-selection-process-22092014.pdf
• http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/234333/SC
_FAQ-Role-of-an-Editor-22092014.pdf
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Suggesting a title into Scopus
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Suggesting a title into Scopus
http://suggestor.step.scopus.com/index.cfm
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Technical criteria (Pre-selection conditions)
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Completing the Title Suggestion form
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Completing the Title Suggestion form
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Title submission queries
• All queries regarding Scopus or title submission should be
emailed directly to one central place:
[email protected]
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(II) Scopus as an
Editor Workflow tool
May 2015
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Scopus is designed to accelerate the literature research process
1) What’s the best
journal for my
research?
5) Who else is
working on this in
my country or
elsewhere in the
world?
20,500
journals
5,000
publishers
360
book
series
2) Related
interdisciplinary,
global,
research?
Global
coverage
All
disciplines
4) What’s the
trend - is this a
growing or
declining field?
3) Who is citing
my work?
69% agree that Scopus saves them time in the research process
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How can Scopus assist the editor?
• Find authors and potential board members
• Find reviewers and expand reviewer database
• Identify leading researchers and invite them for
paper submission
• Identify new research areas & check what’s the hottest
topic (trends)
• Review performance of journals
• Individual journal performance
• Benchmark Indonesian journals against
international journals
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Author Search
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Author Results
Click to show
Author Details
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Author Details
Different name
formats
No. of papers published
/ Total Citations
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New
See his h-Index
Analyze author output
No. of Co-authors
Most recent documents
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1245 documents written after 1995
No. of Article
A scientist has index 146 if 146 of his 1245 papers after 1995
have at least 146 citations each and the other papers have no
more than 146 citations each.
h Index = 146
No. of Citation
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Affiliation Search
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Affiliation Results
Click to show
Affiliation Details
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Affiliation Details
Research
Information
Subject areas
graph & table
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Affiliation Evaluation
Year – No. of papers
published per year
Top Authors who publish
the most papers
Top Subject
Areas/Faculties
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Example
Authors & Potential
Board Members
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How can Scopus assist the editor?
• Find authors and potential board members
• Find reviewers and expand reviewer database
• Identify leading researchers and invite them for
paper submission
• Identify new research areas & check what’s the hottest
topic (trends)
• Review performance of journals
• Individual journal performance
• Benchmark Indonesian journals against
international journals
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Entering your research topic
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Research Trend & Experts by Analyze Results
Analyzing for :
- Research
trend by year
- Famous
journals Experts by
person ,
affiliation and
country
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Sort papers from highest
cited to lowest cited from
1970 onwards
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How can Scopus assist the editor?
• Find authors and potential board members
• Find reviewers and expand reviewer database
• Identify leading researchers and invite them for
paper submission
• Identify new research areas & check what’s the hottest
topic (trends)
• Review performance of journals
• Individual journal performance
• Benchmark Indonesian journals against
international journals
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Browsing & Searching
Sources
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Journal Information
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Follow this source
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Journal Metrics (SJR & SNIP)
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Documents List by Publication
Years
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Compare Journals in Scopus
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Scopus Compare Journals
Journal performance
for up to 10 journals in
a specific field
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Q&A
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