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Quick reference guide

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Performing a document search

A C A. The Document search tab is the Scopus homepage.
Other tabs are Author, Affiliation and Advanced
B search.

D A
B. Enter your search terms in this field. You can combine
multiple search terms within one field. > Learn more
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C. Select which fields you wish to search from using the
dropdown menu. Add more search fields with the +
option.

D. Select Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to combine

search terms.

F E. Use the Limits to focus on particular publication

periods, document types or access type

F. Your search history is shown here with the options to

create RSS feeds and alerts, and save, edit or delete
queries. Combine queries from your history by entering
the listed search number with Boolean operators.
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Working with document search results

A. The options Edit, Save, Set alert and Set feed are
A D available for the query on its results screen.
B C
B. Use the Search within results field to add additional terms
E to your search. They will be applied to this result set. Use
the Refine options to filter the results by access type,
year, author, subject area, funding sponsor, etc.

C. Click Analyze search results for a breakdown of results

by criteria incl. year, source and author. > Learn more
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D. Sort results by date (default option), cited by, relevance,
first author name or source title.

E. These options allow batch processing of all or selected results: export; download as PDF; view citation overview
> Learn more; view citing documents; save to temporary list; view references; bibliography; print; or send results as
an email.

F. Click View abstract to display the abstract. View at Publisher opens the full text on the publisher website, if
authorized. Related documents displays referenced works. Links to full text and other library services depend on how
Scopus has been setup for your institution.
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Analyze Search Results and View Citation Overview

A. Clicking Analyze search results on a search results page shows the
A number of documents in your search results broken down by year,
source, author, affiliation, country, document type and subject area.
Click on individual cards to expand and view additional data.

B. Clicking View citation overview on a search results page shows how

often articles have been cited by other documents per year. You can
change the date range and exclude self citations and book citations.
You can also save, print or export a list of the cited documents.
B
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Working with a document details page

A E A. Click View at Publisher to open the full text on the publisher’s website, if
A authorized.
B
B. Click an author name to go to the details page for that author.

C. View the keywords assigned from thesauri under Author keywords and
Indexed keywords. Additional matched terms can include Chemicals and
A
C CAS Registry Numbers, Tradenames and Manufacturers.

F D. View the references cited in this document. The titles link to the abstract
pages for those articles.

A E. View citation article level metrics, including PlumX Metrics, to evaluate both
citation impact and levels of community engagement around an article.

D F. View the three most recent documents to cite this article here. You can also
G
choose to display all citing works; set an alert; or set an RSS feed to keep
informed about new citations of this document.

G. View related documents (i.e., with shared references, authors or keywords).

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Performing an author search and working with results

A. The Author search tab is beside the Document search tab. Enter
A the last (family) name and initials or first name of the author in the
two author fields. Affiliation information can also be added in the
Affiliation field. Scopus will display a list of possible matches.
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B. You can also search for authors using their ORCID ID.
B
C D
C. Click a name in the result list to open the Author profile.

D. Use Follow this author to receive alerts about new publications. Click
View potential author matches to view and group together authors
with similar profiles.

F E. Click View h-Graph to display the h-index as a graph. Click Analyze

A
A
A
author output to visualize their output as graphs. View citation
overview analyzes citations of their articles by publication year.
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F. Stay informed about citations of this author with Get citation alerts.
Add to ORCID adds documents to or creates your ORCID profile.
Request author detail corrections allows you to request edits to the
author profile.
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Browsing for sources

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A A. Use the Sources page to browse the list of all
journals, book series, trade publications and
B conference proceedings available on Scopus.

B. Search by title, subject area, publisher or ISSN.

C
D F
C. Use the Refine options to filter the results by display
options, CiteScore quartile or source type.
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D. Sort the listed sources by title, CiteScore, number of
citations or other parameters (see column titles).

E. Click a source title to open the Source details page,

which lists basic information and journal metrics.

F. Download the entire Scopus source list as a

Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet.
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Accessing personalized features

A A. Register for and log into Scopus to take advantage
of a whole range of personalized features.

B B. After login, click on the menu icon to access your

account.

C C. Click Personal profile access to modify your

D
personal details and preferences, change your
password, and manage your export and reference
management settings.

D. Click My Scopus to view your Dashboard (where

you can see the status of any author feedback
correction requests) and to manage your saved
searches, alerts, saved lists and grouped authors.
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