Scopus (A How-to Guide): Create Alerts and Lists

Registering your Scopus account unlocks several features for keeping up with research in your area.  These features include saved searches, lists, and alerts.

• The option to Save search and Set search alert appears on the search results screen, in the upper left corner. 
• When you create a search alert, you can specify the email address(es) to which results should be delivered and set the frequency of alerts. You can choose between daily, weekly, or monthly alerts and specify the day of the week or month on which alerts are set. 
• You can access your saved searches, alerts, and lists through the My Scopus menu, accessible by clicking your initials in the top right corner of the screen. 

Your saved searches are also visible from the Saved Searches [1] tab on the Document search screen. From this menu, you can:

• Click on the pencil icon [2] to edit your search criteria
• See the total number of documents [3] matching your search
• See only the New results [4] -- documents added since the last time you ran this search
• Create a new Search alert [5] 
• Use the More menu [6] to rename or delete a saved search 

Scopus also allows you to save lists of documents, authors, and sources. Use this option to gather relevant results from different searches, bookmark things to come back to later, and build your library over time. 

• To save an item to your list, check the box to the left of one or more search results and select Save to list, available under the More menu at the top of the results page. 
• You can add an item to an existing list or create a new list. 
• The option to Save to list also appears on detailed document records, above the title. 
• When viewing saved lists, you will see options for filtering and analyzing the documents on that list similar to the options available from the document search results screen.