Scopus

2026-01-05

Resource Type: Citation Index Database

Access Range: Campus Network Only

Scopus, launched by Elsevier in 2004, is one of the world’s leading abstract and citation databases of peer-reviewed scholarly literature. It indexes over 26,000 journals published by more than 7,000 publishers since 1788, around 270,000 important academic books, over 14 million conference papers, and 48 million patents. Coverage spans the four broad subject areas of Natural Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Life Sciences, with 27 major disciplines and 334 sub-disciplines. As of March 2023, Scopus contained more than 90 million abstracts and citation records, with daily updates.

Scopus serves as a one-stop starting point for research discovery, providing multiple analytical tools to track and visualize research performance and trends.

Key Features of Scopus:

Extensive coverage: Particularly strong in engineering and the humanities/social sciences; comprehensive coverage of MEDLINE.
Global reach: Includes a significant number of non-English journals, with over 1,100 high-quality Chinese journals indexed.
Author profiles: Over 17 million detailed researcher profiles, including complete publication records, research topics, contribution statistics, and citation reports; supports excluding self-citations with one click.
Diverse metrics: In addition to traditional citation indicators, Scopus provides metrics such as PlumX social impact, patent citations, clinical citations, policy citations, news mentions, and social media coverage.
Institutional records: Contains profiles for over 94,000 institutions (universities, research institutes, corporations, etc.), and serves as the exclusive data source for QS and THE World University Rankings.

Attachment: Database User Guide