Summary of Scopus Spring Release – March 25th
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Improvements to searching
1. ‘Same’ searching (see slides 4 and 5)
An improvement to affiliation and references search functionality. When users search for “McLatchie and Fraser” in the references field they will only get results where both McLatchie and Fraser appear in the same reference. To retrieve results where either McLatchie or Fraser appear the user can search for “McLatchie” in references AND “Fraser” in references. The same applies when searching in the affiliation field.
2. Specific Field Highlighting (see slide 6)
In the search results only the occurrence of the search term in the requested field will be highlighted. This means that if a user searches on the terms ‘health and seafood’ in the article title field, the words health and seafood will only be highlighted in the title and not elsewhere in the record.
3. New Subject Area Classification (see slides 7 and 8)
We have introduced a more granular level of classification for content in Scopus. There will be now 27 subject classifications instead of the current 11. These have been grouped into 4 broad subject areas – Life Sciences; Health Sciences; Physical Sciences and Social Sciences - for easier searching. Classification is at the journal, not article level and it is possible for one journal to have multiple classifications.
4. Improved Source Title search (see slides 9 and 10)
Variations of source titles have been grouped together meaning that if a user selects a particular title from the Source Browse, they will retrieve results for all the variations of that journal’s title. The variations will then be visible in the Refine Results screen.
5. Additions to keywords field (see slides 11 and 12)
The following information has been added to the keywords field: tradename, manufacturer, CHEM (a composite field consisting of CHEMNAME and CASREGNUMBER), SEQBANK, and SEQNUMBER. This will enhance searching and potentially mean more results are returned when a user searches on the above information.
6. Spelling Suggestions (see slide 13)
When zero search results are returned users will be offered an alternative spelling. This feature uses a scientific dictionary based on the language and content of Scopus to ensure that the suggestions are relevant.
7. Link to web results when no results in Scopus (see slide 14)
When a search yields no results in Scopus but does return results from the web the user will be directed to these web results.
8. Article numbers (see slide 15)
Where a publisher uses article numbers as identification Scopus will now display the number which can then be used to cite, link and search. To search on article number the user must type ARTNUM in the advanced search box. For the user this will lead to improvements in citation counts and in full-text linking.
Enhancements to the Scopus Citation Tracker
9. Citation Tracker changes – (see slides 16 and 17)
Users will be able to link from the citation overview to the record directly by clicking on the article title. They will also be able to delete individual records from the citation overview and re-generate the overview itself.
Users will be able to sort the citation overview by years (descending and ascending) and by number of citations (descending and ascending).
Improved Export Options
10. Affiliations and References added to Export (see slide 18)
The export format for RIS, Refworks and ASCII will be upgraded to include affiliations and references. Users can output this data to their reference management software or own databases.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) – new feature!
11. RSS feeds (see slides 19 and 20)
Available from April 5th. From a results page users will be able to click an orange ‘RSS’ icon to add the query to their RSS reader. They will then receive daily updates of query results direct to their desktop, without overloading their e mail inboxes. If they don’t already have an RSS reader once they click on the ‘RSS’ icon they can link to a site to download one. Scopus supports desktop and online RSS readers.
Updates to User Interface
12. Dynamic Login and Registration page (see slide 21)
Users can expand or collapse the login bar, giving the interface a less cluttered look.
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