Scopus: a new database

Scopus: a new database

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.

SciVerse Scopus at a glance July 2011:

More than 19,000 titles:

* 18,000 peer-reviewed journals (including 1,800 Open Access journals).
* 400 trade publications.
* 300 book series.

45.5 million records:

* 24.5 million records with references back to 1996 (of which 78% include references).
* 21 million records pre-1996 which go back as far as 1823.
* 4.6 million conference papers from proceedings and journals.

350 million scientific web pages indexed via Scirus.
24.7 million patent records from five patent offices.

“Articles-in-Press” from over 3,850 journals.