WOS – SCOPUSWOS – SCOPUSHOW TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS

Complementing Solutions Complementing Solutions

Scopus and WOS complement each other on several levels:◦Content◦Search Tools ◦Analytical Tools

Author Identifier & Productivity Measures Affiliation Identifiers Journal Ranking Citations & References Analysis

◦Complimentary Information & Linking

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Content Content

General:◦Scopus Covers : 16,500 titles from more than 4,000

international publishers; 575 trade publications; 315 book series ; 3.6 million conference papers;

◦WOS Covers: 10,558 research journals, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings. 

Web:◦Scopus Includes: 433 million scientific web pages; 23

million patents from 5 patent offices; Multiple selected sources, including 88 institutional repositories and subject-specific digital archives

◦WOS Includes: Web is covered by the Web Citation Index.

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Coverage Cont. Coverage Cont.

Areas of Coverage:◦Scopus: Broadest coverage available of Scientific, Technical,

Medical and Social Sciences literature including Arts & Humanities

◦WOS: multiple products including: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index etc.

Dates of Coverage:◦Scopus: 18 million records include references going back to 1996

(75% include references) ; 19 million pre-1996 records go back as far as 1823.

◦ Scopus cited references date back to 1996,

◦WOS: offers coverage of core titles (including cited references) back to 1945. As part of a special backfill package, Century of Science , it offers references for an additional 260 titles back to 1900.

◦ Cited references on WoS-Century of Science date from 1900.

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Search OptionsSearch Options

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Options include database selection

3 levels of query construction

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Author, affiliation search

Subject areas refinements

Differences in Search Differences in Search OptionsOptions

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Cited Reference Search

Indexes available for Author and Work.No Affiliation index

Advanced Search Form

Differences in Search OptionsDifferences in Search Options

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Scopus has more search options

Search Results Display Search Results Display

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26,862 results

8 Collapsible Refinement Facets

33,667 Results

Scopus doesn’t have country facet

Result Refinement Options Result Refinement Options

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Output is available through the “Analyze Results” feature

Refinement can be done one facet at a time

Refinement can be done through multiple facets at a time.

Facet View [Countries] - WOSFacet View [Countries] - WOS

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Facet View [Subject Area]Facet View [Subject Area]

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More specific subject areas, long tail

Source TitleSource Title

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• MORE ARTICLES COVERED IN “VACCINE” JOURNAL• SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY AND VIROLOGY DUE TO COVERAGE BEFORE 1996 ON WOS

Scopus covers international titles (1,108 from The journal Voprosy Virusologii  (Russia) NOT covered in WOS

LanguageLanguage

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Scopus covers more languages

IndexesIndexes

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Indexes -ScopusIndexes -Scopus

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Index Results ScreenIndex Results Screen

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Robust analysisAffiliation Clustering

Ability to search only by “group”, no clustering or analysis

Journal Citations Reports- Journal Citations Reports- WOSWOS

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Step 1: Journal searching / Selection

Step 2: Each title links to aFull journal report

Journal Citations Reports - Journal Citations Reports - ScopusScopus

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Journal Citations ReportsJournal Citations Reports

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Journal Citations Reports 1- Journal Citations Reports 1- WOSWOS

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Journal Citations Reports 2- Journal Citations Reports 2- WOSWOS

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Journal Citations – Scopus Journal Citations – Scopus

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Robust Overview optionsCitation trackingAbility to combine data

Citations Analysis - WOSCitations Analysis - WOS

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Citation mapping is available per record

** Visual Maps could not be captured

Scopus enables citation analysisFor grouped results

Record LevelRecord Level

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More analysis options available per record

Profiling – Highly Cited FeatureProfiling – Highly Cited Feature26

Author “profiling”

Researcher Profile Researcher Profile

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Profiling on Scopus Profiling on Scopus

Scopus offers robust author tracking and

ability to match authors names

Scopus has more profile options:1. Citation analysis from profile

page2. References analysis3. Web search results4. Collaborations5. Access to documents and

citations from author profile

Output OptionsOutput Options

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Scopus offersmore output optionsin various formats

Search HistorySearch History

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Same functions of search history

Scopus Live Demo Scopus Live Demo

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Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources

The Elsevier TrainingDesk – www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com

The Scopus Info Site – www.info.scopus.com

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