OVERVIEW OF SCOPUS & HOW TO GET YOUR JOURNAL INDEXED IN SCOPUS Ng HuiLing Product Sales Manager h.ng@elsevier.com Elsevier is a leading Science & Health Information Provider CONTENT PROVISION Niels Bohr Physics Louis Pasteur (Chemistry) 2 ‘E’ CONTENT PROVISION SEARCH & DISCOVERY Alexander Fleming Medicine Albert Einstein Physics George F. Smoot Physics John C. Mather Physics RESEARCH MGMT /PROMOTION TOOLS Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry Craig C Mello Medicine A researcher reads > 300 articles per year Researchers spend an average 10 hours per week searching for and reading articles 3.7 Hrs spent SEARCHING for articles per week 5.6 Hrs spent READING articles per week • A researcher typically reads six articles per week. 6 articles read per week • Chemists read nine per week. Mathematicians read four articles per week. • China-based researchers read one more than average per week (7 articles). • After searching and reading for 10 hrs per week only 42% of the papers read are considered important. ….of which, 3.5 hours is spent searching for research articles and 5.5 hours reading. • Researchers in Chemistry and Life Science spend longer than average searching for articles and chemists spend longer reading • Younger researchers spend > 4hrs a week searching. • Researchers from China spend longer searching (six hours) and reading (nine hours) articles than any other country. n=4,225 42% regarded as ‘important’ 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, g lobal, 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 Broadest source for research answers 20,470 active titles A rich and extended coverage including 19,452 Peer reviewed journals 407 Trade journals 21.2M pre-1996 records 29M post-1995 records >50M records 64k pre-1996 conf events 5M total conference records (10%)      844k book items  361 Book series 249 Conf. series Content from more than 5,000 publishers “Articles in Press” from more than 3,750 titles Abstracts going back to 1823 40 languages covered 380 m integrated scientific websites 24 Million Patents Total average processing time: 5 days Breadth of coverage across subject areas Physical Sciences 6,600 Health Sciences 6,300 • Chemistry • Nursing • Physics • Dentistry • Engineering • etc., • etc., • (100% Medline) Social Sciences 6,350 Life Sciences 4,050 • Psychology • Neuroscience • Economics • Pharmacology • Business • Biology • A&H • etc., • etc., More than 19,500 titles in Scopus, titles can be in more than one subject area Breadth of coverage SE Asia 25000 Number of documents in Scopus with South East Asian country affiliation in 2008 – 2012 Active titles in Scopus: 20000 Singapore: 80 Malaysia: 45 Thailand: 26 Philippines: 12 Indonesia: 12 Vietnam: 0 15000 10000 5000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Singapore Thailand Malaysia Vietnam Indonesia Philippines More expansive coverage does not mean lower standards Titles are selected by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) Focus on quality through selection by 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 is “reflecting the truth” •Assurance that titles selected by Scopus meet the highest ethical standards Scopus title evaluation process Publisher Review titles and make decision Suggest title Check minimum criteria “Enrich” titles CSAB External reviewer Titles processed via the online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP) Scopus selection criteria Journal policy Minimum criteria • • • • • Peer-review English abstracts Quality of content Regular publication References in Roman script Publication ethics statement Journal standing Regularity Online availability • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 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 titlesuggestion@scopus.com Title suggestions per country All title suggestions received in 2012 2,820 titles suggested in 2012 of which 1,020 acceptable for review (n=2,976, January 2011 – December 2012) 300 70% 60% 250 50% 200 40% 150 30% 100 20% 50 10% 0 0% 2012: Total 1,271 titles reviewed of which 47% accepted Acceptance rate Number of titles reviewed Titles reviewed Titles reviewed top 25 countries (2012) 100% 1 90% 6 25 7 27 80% 70% 84 43 12 9 5 8 9 21 22 19 20 47 73 60% 23 36 6 13 21 8 9 50% 13 40% 27 87 18 46 30% 20% 10% 76 21 23 22 0% Accepted Rejected 15 10 19 30 13 15 9 8 10 6 8 8 9 6 7 4 List of Indonesia Journals in Scopus Journal Title Publisher Status Acta medica Indonesiana Indonesian Society of Internal Medicine Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO BIOTROP) Active Diponegoro University Active Indonesian Society of Critical Care Medicine Active Biotropia Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Critical Care and Shock Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business Active Universitas Gadjah Mada Department of Chemistry, Gadjah Mada Indonesian Journal of Chemistry University International Journal on Electrical Engineering and The School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung Active ITB Journal of Engineering Science ITB Journal of Information and Communication Technology Active ITB Journal of Science Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Active Active Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Active Institute for Research and Community Services, Institut Teknologi Bandung Active Nutrition Bulletin Persatuan Ahli Gizi Indonesia 36th Annual Indonesian Petroleum Association Convention [IPA] (Jakarta, Indonesia, 5/23-25/2012) Proceedings Active Indonesian Journal of Geography Gadjah Mada University Inactive Indonesian Quarterly Centre for Strategic and International Studies Inactive Active Scopus Book Coverage Expansion (for non serial book publications) Improved coverage in A&H More accurate author profiles Better discoverability of book content Impact measurement for books Indexing Book Series in Scopus  Book series that meet the following minimum criteria, can be reviewed for Scopus coverage: – Publish peer reviewed content – Serial publication (i.e. have an ISSN) – English language abstracts – References in Roman script – A publication ethics and publication malpractice statement  More information on the selection process and selection criteria: http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-in-detail/content-selection  List of titles covered by Scopus, including book series: http://www.info.sciverse.com/documents/files/scopustraining/resourcelibrary/xls/title_list.xlsx Type of books Scopus will cover scholarly books that represent fully referenced, original research or literature reviews. In Scope: Monograph: An academic book on a small area of learning; also: a written account of a single thing. Edited Volume: Edited books, monographs or short series of volumes consisting of contributions from a number of authors. Major Reference Work: A book that contains useful facts and information (excluding dictionaries and some encyclopaedias) Graduate level textbook: A book used in the study of a subject as, a) one containing a presentation of the principles of a subject, b) a literary work relevant to the study of a subject. Not in Scope: Dissertation, Undergraduate level text book, Atlas, Popular science book, Manual, Abstract book, Yearbook, Biography The Challenge: Scholarly Name Ambiguity Many researchers that too closely resemble one another. Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Dr. Smith Researchers publish under name variations. Dr. Smith Dr. J. Smith Dr. James Smith The Solution: The ORCID Registry Dr. Smith Dr. J. Smith Dr. James Smith ORCID Mission: ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers Dr. James Smith 46533489 The (Future) Benefits of ORCID By issuing unique identifiers to all researchers, ORCID aims to facilitate discovery and evaluation for researchers, institutions, scholarly societies and publishers. Joins faculty or student body Joins scholarly society Applies for grant 46533489 Submits manuscript 21 Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up orcid.scopusfeedback.com Enter via Scopus2ORCID Wizard or from ORCID! More than 100,000 ORCID IDs to date Who is using Scopus? (2012 Analysis, by customer count) Low Penetration Mid-level Penetration High Penetration Leading research institutes use Scopus Rank Name of Institute 1 University of Cambridge Country UK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 US US UK US UK UK US US US US US US US US US US Canada Switzerland Australia Harvard University Yale University University College London Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Oxford Imperial College London University of Chicago California Institute of Technology Princeton University Columbia University University of Pennsylvania Stanford University Duke University University of Michigan Cornell University Johns Hopkins University McGill University ETH Zurich Australian National University Scopus Non-Scopus Measuring Metric Methodology Bibliometrics = quantitative measures used to asses research output e.g. in a subject field, country, or journal by researchers, their institutions and their publishers Basic Premise = Citation is a form of endorsement The Evolution of Journal Assessment http://www.journalmetrics.com/documents/Journal_Metrics_Whitepaper.pdf Bibliometricians agree that no single metric can effectively capture the entire spectrum of research performance because no single metric can address all key variables More accuracy, More transparency, More options, More metrics! www.journalmetrics.com SNIP: Source-normalized impact per paper A journal’s raw impact per paper + + + Citation potential in its subject field A field’s frequency and immediacy of citation Database coverage Journal’s scope and focus Peer reviewed papers only Measured relative to database median SJR: SCImago Journal Rank Prestige metric: Prestige transferred when a journal cites • Citations are weighted depending on where they come from • A journal’s prestige is shared equally between its citations Life Sciences journal Arts & Humanities journal High impact, lots of citations One citation = low value Low impact, few on citations One citation = high value SJR normalizes for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields More analysis using Scopus: Journal Analyzer Advantages of SNIP & SJR   Transparency: freely and publicly accessible www.journalmetrics.com Metrics based on Scopus.com: underlying database available for transparency  Subject Field Normalization: allows for comparison independent of the journals’ subject classification. Reflects most current journal scopes, thereby taking ongoing changes into account   3-year citation window: demonstrably the fairest compromise Manipulation-resistant: Article type consistency. Only citations to and from articles, reviews, and conference papers are considered  Breadth of coverage: Scopus has over 20,500 sources: 19,500 journals as well as trade publications, proceedings and book series. CONS:  More complex methodology  Do not take amount of review content into account THANK YOU!