Scopus
| Producer | Elsevier (Netherlands) |
|---|---|
| History | 2004-present |
| Languages | 40 |
| Access | |
| Providers | Elsevier |
| Cost | Subscription |
| Coverage | |
| Disciplines | Life sciences, Social sciences, Physical sciences, Health sciences |
| Record depth | Index, abstract and citation indexing |
| Format coverage | Articles, articles-in-press, books, chapters, conference papers, data papers, editorials, errata, letters, notes, patents, preprints, retracted articles, reviews, short surveys |
| Temporal coverage | 1788-present |
| Geospatial coverage | Worldwide |
| No. of records | 100 million |
| Update frequency | Daily |
| Print edition | |
| ISSN | 2588-9885 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Title list(s) | www |
Scopus is a scientific abstract and citation database, launched by the academic publisher Elsevier as a competitor to older Web of Science in 2004. 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. Free database The Lens completes the triad of main universal academic research databases.
Journals in Scopus are reviewed for sufficient quality each year according to four numerical measures: h-Index, CiteScore, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) and SNIP (source normalized impact per paper). For this reason, the journals listed in Scopus are considered to meet the requirement for peer review quality established by several research grant agencies for their grant recipients and by degree-accreditation boards in a number of countries.
Scopus also allows patent searches from a dedicated patent database, Lexis-Nexis, albeit with limited functionality. At present, Scopus indexes the following patent databases: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); European Patent Office (EPO); Japan Patent Office (JPO): World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); UK Intellectual Property Office.