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Updates on Scopus, ScienceDirect and Mendeley Iran Research Excellence Forum Tehran, October 2014 Dr. Basak Candemir Customer Consultant, Elsevier BV [email protected] | 2 Today’s Agenda • Scopus updates Content expansion Technical developments • ScienceDirect updates Article of the future • Mendeley Reference manager Citation… Scopus Scopus includes more content than the nearest competitor ~24K titles ~12K titles Scopus 24,169 >5,000 publishers Nearest competitor 12,491 Updated daily 3,300 publishers Updated weekly Scopus 7,410 (+78%) Scopus 6,740 (+97%) Scopus 4,436 (+50%) Scopus 7,684 (+90%) Competitor 4,188 Competitor 3,415 Competitor 2,954 Competitor 4,016 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences | 5 Pre-1996 cited references expansion program What? Coverage years Number of articles Which Archives Why? • Pre-1996, going back to 1970 • We estimate 8M+ articles will be (re-) processed to include cited references - Improve the completeness and coverage of back files in Scopus - Enhance the relevancy and visibility of archival content in Scopus - Measure the impact of pre-1996 – for both individual assessment and (historical) trend analysis. - Increase the accuracy of Scopus Author Profiles for older researchers and decision makers. • Archives from all major publishers that have digital archives available • All subject areas included When? Development of required systems and processes has already started The first content with pre-1996 cited references will be visible in Q4 2014 Completed by 2016 when >8M articles from all major publishers have been loaded | 6 Books Expansion Project 70,000 60,000 Coverage years • Back to 2005 (2003 for A&H)) 50,000 Books target in Scopus 40,000 Number of books • 75,000 by the end of 2015; 10,000 each year thereafter 30,000 20,000 10,000 Book types • Monographs, edited volumes, major reference works, graduate level text books Book title Chapter title Author data Citation count Metadata Cited references 0 Already in Scopus: All chapter titles and links Abstract Actual books in Scopus Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Brill, De Gruyter, Woodhead, Karger, Oxford University Press, Edward Elgar, Maney, Intellect, IOS Press, Pan Stanford, University of California Press, Princeton University Press, Edinburgh University Press, Delft University Press, Duke University Press, McGill Queens University Press, Project Muse (60+ UPs), OECD and more… | 7 Analyze search results • Previously named ‘analyze results’ • October 23 release sees expansion of the h-index publication window to 1970- previous publication window was 1996 | 8 Author profiles and author output Previously named ‘author evaluator’ | 9 Compare journals • Previously named ‘analyze journals’ Scopus2ORCID: Easy ORCID Set Up orcid.scopusfeedback.com Enter via Scopus2ORCID Wizard or from ORCID ORCID.org Where to find more information on Scopus? • • • • www.elsevier.com/scopus Info site blog: http://blog.scopus.com/ Twitter.com/scopus Scopus title list: http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/148548/title_l ist.xlsx • Author feedback: http://www.scopusfeedback.com/ 11 ScienceDirect Empowering researchers at every step... | 13 Researchers are looking for a tool that will address multiple needs… Help me to discover the relevant information Keep me informed of the latest developments and news Give me access to the detail Make the process quick and easy Source: Qualitative survey results “value of ScienceDirect A&G Researchers” June 2014 | 14 Mapping these needs against what ScienceDirect offers, we see 6 principles emerge of how ScienceDirect is poised to empower researchers… SIMPLE Easy to use and navigate both within the product and on 3rd party platforms Optimized article layout including article outline Intuitive and clean Interoperability of ScienceDirect with other research tools COMPREHENSIVE ACCESSIBLE Breadth of content Easy to retrieve and available A single platform to access high quality books and journal content, covering a multitude of research disciplines Over 2,500 journals and 26,000 books and close to 13M articles CURRENT Staying up to date Articles in Press Alerts & RSS Feeds Top 25 hottest articles Immediate full text access Mobile enhanced, high level of web accessibility Remote access Open Access Optimised discoverability through partnerships with 3rd party platforms Option to share customer holding information SMART COLLABORATIVE Extracting key insights Storing, sharing & discussing Recommendations for other articles or chapters of interest Articles and references enhanced with Scopus information Visualisation tools Image searching Mendeley RefWorks | 15 ScienceDirect Homepage | 16 ScienceDirect Article Page- article of the future | 17 ScienceDirect Article Page- image use | 18 ScienceDirect Article Page- table use | 19 ScienceDirect Article Page- video use | 20 Books homepage | 21 Mobile enhanced - High level of web accessibility | 22 Seamless export to Mendeley | 23 Seamless export to Mendeley | 24 Where to find more information on ScienceDirect? • http://blog.sciencedirect.com/ • Twitter.com/sciencedirect • Tutorials – http://help.sciencedirect.com/Content/tutorial.htm http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/sciencedirect/videos 24 What is Mendeley? What is Mendeley? Mendeley is a reference manager allowing you to manage, read, share, annotate and cite your research papers... ...and an academic collaboration network with 3 Million users to connect like-minded researchers & discover research trends and statistics. … forming a crowdsourced database with a unique layer of social research information and an Open API Mendeley’s Three Key Values “Drives Researcher Productivity” Reference manager “Enables Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing” Research Network & Groups “Creates Additional Insights & Build Apps” Research Data & API Reference Manager Mendeley Desktop overview • Folders, tags, • Easy import from computer, web, Scopus, ScienceDirect Organize Managing Your Library Manage Your Library Open attached PDF files in integrated viewer Star favorites Mark as read/unread Create category folders See what type of document is attached (.pdf, .ppt, .docx, excel, etc.) Search Your Documents Full text search, or filter your results Filter your documents by author, tag, publication, or keyword Read and annotate Using the built-in PDF Viewer Annotate and Highlight Citations & bibliography Using the Mendeley Citation Plug-In Citation plug-in Research network & groups Join and create groups to share references Connect with Colleagues Search for people and click ‘Follow’ to get regular updates.