Sources search
The content of Scopus is determined by the sources indexed by the database. Scopus indexes over 29,000 active publications, representing over 7,000 publishers, which means new documents from these sources are being added to the database every day.
- Search for sources using the Sources [1] link always show in the top right corner
- Browse by Subject area [2] or search for a known item by title, ISSN, or publisher
- Export [3] a selection of sources to Excel or Save a source list [4] in Scopus to bookmark publications for future reference
- Download the Scopus Source List [5] for a complete list of all of the titles indexed in Scopus
Source profiles
Click on the title of a specific source to learn more about it.
- At the top of the page, you'll see the Source details [1], including the source type, title, ISSN, publisher, subject coverage, and years covered in Scopus
- You Save to source list [2] to bookmark this title for later
- Each source profile contains a few different metrics [3] allowing you to compare it to other sources
- The Compare sources [4] button provides a visual, side-by-side comparison of up to 10 sources
Journal metrics
Scopus offers several different journal-level metrics. All of these metrics reflect how frequently documents published in the source are cited, but their methodology and the criteria they emphasize differs.
| CiteScore | SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) | Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) | |
| What is it? | Average citations per document published in this source. Comparable to Journal Impact Factor. | Measure of citations received weighted by the prestige of sources citing the target source. | Citations received relative to the average number of refences across documents citing that source. |
| Methodology | Citations to documents published in a journal over a 4-year period, divided by the total number of documents published in the journal over the same period. Learn more. | Similar to the Google page rank algorithm, a citation from another source with a high SJR is weighted more heavily. Citations from sources that cite relatively fewer documents contribute more to a target journal's SJR. Learn more. |
SNIP is the ratio of a source's average citation count per paper and the citation potential of its subject field. Citation potential is the average number of references per document citing that source. Learn more. |
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Compare Sources
Scopus allows you to compare up to 10 sources across a variety of metrics.
- Search [1] for sources by title, ISSN, publisher, or subject area
- Select sources [2] to include in the comparison by checking the box next to the source title
- Toggle [3] table and chart view
- Export [4] or share your comparison with a colleague
Source types
The following source types are included in Scopus:
- Journals
- Book series
- Conference proceedings
- Trade publications
Source comparisons
The following charts are available in the Compare sources module in Scopus.
- CiteScore by year
- SJR by year
- SNIP by year
- Citations by year
- Documents by year
- Percent not cited by year
- Percentage review articles by year