Database Guides: Scopus

• What journals are eligible for Scopus review? All journals need to meet all of the minimum or eligibility criteria. A journal that fails on any of these criteria will not be eligible for review.
  Minimum Criteria:
  • The Journal should consist of peer‐reviewed content
  • The Journal  should be published on a regular basis (have an ISSN number that has been registered with the International ISSN Centre)
  • Content should be relevant and readable for an international audience (at minimum have references in Roman script and English language abstracts and article titles)
  • The Journal should have a publication ethics and publication malpractice statement  

Additionally, it is general policy that a journal needs to have a publication history of at least two years before it can be reviewed for Scopus coverage (Stage 2).

Scopus includes the following features to help you uncover and track important trends, field experts, key sources and impactful or related research—so you can keep an eye on global research.

• Alerts: Create search, document and author alerts to stay up-to-date at your desired frequency. You must be registered to create alerts.
• Browse sources: Browse an alphabetical list of all journals, book series, trade publications and conference proceedings available in Scopus.
• My list: Select documents and save them for later use within a session, or save them to your permanent list. Building customized lists of documents allows you to export, track and analyze a particular set of results at one time.
• Reference managers: Export data to reference managers such as Mendeley, RefWorks and EndNote.
• View cited by: Discover documents that cite your selected articles.
• View references: See the list of references included in your selected articles.
• Scopus APIs: Expose curated abstracts and citation data from all scholarly journals, books and conferences indexed by Scopus .