(New) Updated Scopus Journal list — 2020–2021
What is Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier’s abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 56,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields:
Medical sciences,
Dental sciences,
Life sciences,
Social sciences,
Physical sciences, and health sciences.
It covers three types of sources: book series, journals, and trade journals.
All journals covered in the Scopus database, regardless of who they are published under, are reviewed each year to ensure high-quality standards are maintained. Searches in Scopus also incorporate searches of patent databases.[1] Scopus gives four types of quality measures for each title; those are h-Index, CiteScore, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank), and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper).
What is Scopus used for?
It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times its articles are cited. Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles.
How does Scopus work?
Scopus is a source-neutral abstract and citation database curated by independent subject matter experts. Scopus generates precise citation search results and automatically updated researcher and institution profiles, creating richer connections between people, published ideas, and organizations.
Is Scopus good?
Yes, it is a kind of a tag that is assigned to a Journal. As you know the market trend, since Scopus is one such organization that leads the Journal world, so their tagging is considered better as compared to others.
Is Scopus free?
Scopus Preview: Free Version. Scopus is Elsevier’s abstract and citation database. Although the Library does not subscribe to Scopus, you can still use a free version of it. Scopus traces citations and impact factors of articles in peer-reviewed journals in all subjects and is especially strong in the sciences.
Is Scopus a database?
Scopus. Scopus is a database from Elsevier. It is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.
What is Scopus h index?
The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. In Scopus, the h-index is not a static value; it is calculated live on a set of results each time you look it up.
