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SciVerse Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources.

Scopus, launched in November 2004, is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19 000 titles from more than 5 000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.

SciVerse Scopus at a glance:

More than 19 000 titles:

  • 8 000 peer-reviewed journals (including 1 800 Open Access journals)

  • 400 trade publications

  • 300 book series

    • 45.5-million records:

    • 24.5-million records with references back to 1996 (of which 78% include references)

  • 21-million records pre-1996, which go back as far as 1823

  • 4.6-million conference papers from proceedings and journals

  • 350-million scientific web pages indexed via Scirus.

  • 24.7-million patent records from five patent offices.”Articles-in-Press” from over 3 850 journals.

    • Features and functionality designed to support and improve researchers’ workflow including:

    • A simple and intuitive interface.

  • Linking to full-text articles and other library resources.

  • Author Identifier to automatically match an author’s published research, including the H-index.

  • Citation Tracker to simply find, check and track citations in real-time.

  • Affiliation Identifier to automatically identify and match an organization with all its research output.

  • Journal Analyzer provides a quick insight into journal performance.

  • The Scopus Journal Analyzer provides a quick, easy and transparent view of journal performance, now enriched with two journal metrics — SJR and SNIP.

  • Alerts, RSS and HTML feeds to stay up-to-date.

  • Document Download Manager to easily download and organise multiple full-text articles simultaneously.

  • Interoperability with SciVerse ScienceDirect, Reaxis and ProQuest’s CSA Illumina.

  • Data export via bibiliographic managers such as RefWorks, EndNote and BibTeX.

    • South African journal coverage in Scopus
    Updated daily, Scopus offers nearly 19 000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 5 000 publishers, including more South African journals than any other A&I database. A total of 122 titles are indexed in Scopus (active and inactive titles).

    Table: South African journal coverage in Scopus by subject
    Note: the count adds up to more than 100% as some journals are indexed in multiple subject areas.

    This article originally appeared in the Mail & Guardian newspaper as an advertorial supplement