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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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