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Journal Metrics in Scopus: Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)

on Tue, 09/13/2016 - 01:54

Last month, we began a series of posts looking at some of the metrics featured in Library Connect’s Quick Reference Cards for Research Impact Metrics and sharing how they relate to Scopus. The first post covered SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). Continuing on with the journal metrics theme, today we take a look at Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP).

SNIP was created by Professor Henk Moed at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CTWS), University of Leiden. It measures contextual citation impact by weighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field, using Scopus data.

Or, as stated by the CTWS, “SNIP corrects for differences in citation practices between scientific fields, thereby allowing for more accurate between-field comparisons of citation impact.” (http://www.journalindicators.com/)

As shared in the quick reference card displayed, SNIP is derived by taking a journal’s citation count per paper and dividing it by the citation potential in

Maintenance planned for Scopus on September 21, 2016

on Sun, 09/18/2016 - 21:34

Update: This planned maintenance was completed at 2:00 PM EDT. All Scopus features are back to normal. Thank your for your patience!

Please be advised that on September 21, 2016 the Scopus team will be performing maintenance on Scopus beginning at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (16:00 UTC) and lasting 2 hours. During this time, Scopus will continue to be available in a read-only interface; meaning, Scopus will still be accessible and function as normal with the exception of saving and modifying searches; creating and modifying alerts; and adding items to or updating any saved lists. We ask that you please note the maintenance time and avoid using any of the customizable features during this period.

Release Date: 
September 21 2016

How to resolve Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) compatibility issues with Scopus.com

on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 18:32

If you use Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to access scopus.com and are receiving a “browser not supported page,” you will need to disable the “Compatibility View” setting for scopus.com. To do this, follow the steps below (click on the images to enlarge).

Step 1: In IE11 click the “Tools” tab or the tools icon and select “Compatibility View settings” from the menu.

Step 2: A pop-up will appear with scopus.com listed as one of the websites added to the ‘Compatibility Views’ box. Select scopus.com from the list and click on ‘Remove.’ Once this is completed, the browser should automatically reload scopus.com. If it does not and you are still experiencing issues, please continue to Step 3 below.

Step 3: If your institution has set up scopus.com as an intranet website, you will need to disable the “display intranet sites in Compatibility View.” To do this, uncheck the box as displayed in the image below.

If this still does not correct the issue, please contact your local Scopus

Incident with Scopus alerts system resolved: Delayed alerts will be delivered in the coming days

on Wed, 08/03/2016 - 19:58

Because of an earlier incident that Scopus experienced with its alerts system, some users may notice delays in receiving their scheduled Scopus alerts. The issue has been fixed and alerts will be gradually delivered throughout the coming days.

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Journal Metrics in Scopus: SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 19:18

Recently, Library Connect worked with librarian Jenny Delasalle to create a set of quick reference cards on research impact metrics. Both a poster (11x17) sized version, which includes all the metrics on one page, and a larger format featuring 4 metrics cards per page, are available for download.  Each card provides a quick summary of the metric — including how it’s calculated, what it measures and whether it applies to journals, authors or documents — and serves as a good jumping off point for further discussions around metrics. To add a bit more context regarding their specific relationship to Scopus, we will be looking at individual cards and providing the Scopus connection, starting with SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

As stated in the card, SJR weights citations based on the source they come from.The subject field, quality and reputation of the journal have a direct effect on the value of a citation. SJR also normalizes for differences in citation behavior between subject fields.

World Lung Cancer Day: Finding relevant content in Scopus

on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 22:08

August 1st is World Lung Cancer Day and in recognition of the research leading the way to understanding, educating, treating and eventually curing one of the most common types of cancer, we take a look at Scopus to see what content we can find (click on the images to expand).  

A basic search in Scopus for “Lung Cancer” returns close to 176,000 results dating from 1921 to 2016.

To better understand our results, we clicked on <Analyze search results>. This opens an interactive way of delving further into our results, for example, looking at the <Documents by year> tab shows a steady growth in publications over the past 50 years, and a greater spike in the last 15 years.

Switching over to the <Affiliation> tab, we can also see that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute, have the most output relating to our search.

We can also look at the <Author> tab to find that the researcher with the most output relating to our “Lung Cancer”

In their words: Elsevier's Research Intelligence Solutions case studies

on Thu, 07/21/2016 - 04:18

Contributed by: Sabrina Ahmad

Thousands of institutions, funding bodies and companies around the world rely on Elsevier's Research Intelligence solutions to answer the most pressing challenges their researchers and research managers face. We’ve spoken with several of our customers and created a collection of their stories to share with you through a series of case studies, videos and webinars — with each story focusing on the unique way customers are using Scopus, SciVal and Pure.

Hear their stories

From Australia to Denmark, Japan to Sweden, the United Kingdom to Thailand, hear how customers around the world overcome the challenges of securing funding, finding the right collaboration partners, managing national assessment reporting requirements and more. Here are 3 stories to get you started:

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