Scopus - Article, Citation, & Research Impact Database

Scopus covers a very large but selective list of key academic journals from all disciplines.

• 26,000 leading academic journals
• 234,000 academic/edited books
• Selective OpenAccess articles and journals

Scopus content / search functions include:

• Article records / abstracts from leading academic journals (many covering 1970 - present)
• Cited reference searching and citation tracing
• Journal listings and comparison for specific disciplines
  • Research impact and citation metrics for journals
• Author Profiles (publication list, cited by, and metrics)
• Institutional / university profiles, including publication and citation metrics

Search features include:

• Documents: articles from 26,000 selected high-quality/leading peer-reviewed journals.
  • Also includes a small collection of highly selected conference papers and book chapters
• Authors: profiles of listed authors (publication, research metrics, and cited by links) 
• Sources: scholarly journal profiles and research impact metrics

Cited References:

• Complete list of References for all items from covered source list
• Complete "cited by" tracing and links in individual article and author records
• For sources outside of the core journal literature, brief records (with links to citing publications) for all "References" listed under each core journal article
• To search separately: choose "References" under the Documents search

Research metrics:

• Article citation impact (FWCI)
• Journal impact metrics (Cite Score, SJR, SNIP)
• Author impact metrics (h-index)