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Scopus guide

Scopus is a multidisciplinary database and so useful for most researchers. this guide will show you how to use it to find the information you are looking for.

Journal metrics

See the metrics for a journal by searching for its name as the Source title. You can then click on the name of the journal in the source column.  . 

The journal's metric page then shows you different details about the journal:

  • CiteScore: eight indicators that provide perspectives for analysing the publication influence of the journal. It uses data from Scopus and includes peer-reviewed research, encompassing articles, reviews, conference papers, data papers, and book chapters, and covers a four-year period of citations and publications. Click on CiteScore rank & trend to see more details about how this journal compares with similar titles. To find out more, please visit CiteScores.

  • SJR: (SCImago Journal Rank). Using a similar idea as Google PageRank algorithm, which assumes that important websites are linked to from other important websites, SJR weights each incoming citation by the SJR of the citing journal. A citation from a high SJR journal counts more than one from a low one. Citation weighting depends on subject field and prestige (SJR) of the citing serial. To find out more, please visit SJR.

  • SNIP: (Source Normalised Impact per Paper). Measures citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. The impact of a single citation is given higher value in subject areas where citations are less likely, and vice versa. To find out more, please visit SNIP.