Scopus certification programme for Editors (Level 3) Pilot

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1 1 Scopus certification programme for Editors (Level 3) Pilot Derrick Duncombe Market Development Manager (Asia Pacific) 10 November 2017

2 2 Agenda 1) Pilot survey results a) Questions for you 2) Recap Levels 1 & 2 contents 3) Q & A

3 (1) Pilot Survey Results 3

4 (1a) Questions for you 4

5 5 Questions 1. Would you be okay with an open-book format examination approach? Yes or No? If not, what type would you like to see Multiple Choice Questions? Open Ended questions? 2. How many test questions should there be for Level 3? 5, 10 or 20 questions? 3. Should all questions be scenario based questions? Yes or No? 4. Would it be okay to show screenshots and asking you to arrange them in the proper sequence? 5. Is there any particular topic that you would like to see tested (aside from the ones as per the survey results)?

6 (2) Recap Levels 1 & 2 contents 6

7 7 What is Scopus? Scopus is the world s largest Abstract & Indexing (A&I) database. (It is also known as an abstract & citation database) Worldwide, Scopus is used by academic, government and corporate institutions and is the main data source that supports the Research Intelligence portfolio. What does it do? It is a research discovery solution. It aggregates and points to scholarly literature (articles, conference papers, books, reviews, etc.) across 5,000 publishers. What s the difference between an A&I database like Scopus and a Full-Text platform like ScienceDirect? An A&I database provides the user only with an abstract of the article and a link to the full text of the article on that specific platform. If the affiliation or institution subscribes to that platform then the user can have access to the full-text article.

8 Let s get to know Scopus 8

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16 16 World University Ranking bodies use Scopus data

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21 21 Coverage of high quality journals via selection by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) The CSAB is an independent board of subject experts from all over the world. Board members are chosen for their expertise in specific subject areas; many have (journal) Editor experience Titles are selected for Scopus inclusion by the CSAB.

22 Stage 1: Scopus Journal Selection Criteria All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review: 22 Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication Roman script references Pub. ethics statement Stage 2: Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria: Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability Convincing editorial concept/policy Type of peer-review Diversity geographic distribution of editors Diversity geographic distribution of authors Academic contribution to the field Clarity of abstracts Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope Readability of articles Citedness of journal articles in Scopus Editor standing No delay in publication schedule Content available online English-language journal home page Quality of home page Info: Questions: titlesuggestion@scopus.com Title suggestion form:

23 23 Successful journal selection is a combination of different aspects Quality Scientific quality of the science published, but also publishing format and (ethical) standards Is the (international) diversity of authorship and editorial board in line with aims & scope Diversity Successful journal selection Is the content type and subject relevant to the (international) user base of Scopus Relevancy

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26 26 Scopus: Let s dive deeper into source coverage 68M records from 23K serials, 100K conferences and 150K books Updated daily Records back to 1823 from more than 5K publishers and 105 countries, indexed into 27 main subject areas Articles in Press from > 3,750 titles 40 different languages covered 3,643 active Gold Open Access journals indexed JOURNALS CONFERENCES BOOKS PATENTS* Physical Sciences 7,441 Health Sciences 7,133 Social Sciences 8,698 Life Sciences 4,601 21,951 peer-reviewed journals 280 trade journals Full metadata, abstracts and cited references (refs post-1970 only) Funding data from acknowledgements Citations back to K conference events 8M conference papers Mainly Engineering and Computer Sciences 562 book series 150K stand-alone books 1.2M items Focus on Social Sciences and A&H 27M patents From 5 major patent offices - WIPO - EPO - USPTO - JPO - UK IPO

27 27 Overall Content Comparison with the nearest competitor ~22K titles >5,000 publishers Updated daily Scopus 22,748 (+80%) Nearest competitor 12,459 Nearest competitor ~12K titles (Core Collection), (18,000 with ESCI) WoS Core 3 3,300 publishers Updated weekly Scopus 7,450 (+69%) Scopus 6,822 (+91%) Scopus 4,532 (+48%) Scopus 8,233 (+96%) Nearest competitor 4,408 Nearest competito r 3,577 Nearest competitor 3,052 Nearest competitor 4,202 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science Core Collection title list and Scopus own data (May 2016)

28 What does being indexed in Scopus mean? 28

29 29 29 What does being indexed in Scopus mean for a journal? A journal that is suggested to Scopus and gets accepted for inclusion by the CSAB Subject Chairs and indexed into its database will get: international visibility increased citations for individual researchers as well as the journal increases the opportunity for collaboration with other researchers from around the world The journal will also be contributing to the wider scholarly community in the specialist subject field.

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31 or Previous webinar with more information on Scopus content selection criteria : 31 Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content Stage 1: All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review: Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication Roman script references Pub. ethics statement Stage 2: Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a combination of 14 quantitative and qualitative selection criteria: Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability Convincing editorial concept/policy Type of peer-review Diversity geographic distribution of editors Diversity geographic distribution of authors Academic contribution to the field Clarity of abstracts Quality and conformity with stated aims & scope Readability of articles Citedness of journal articles in Scopus Editor standing No delay in publication schedule Content available online English-language journal home page Quality of home page

32 32 Ongoing content curation of Scopus to ensure continuous high-quality content Curation of the full journal base is essential and expected by our customers and users. Direct feedback from users and stakeholders on poorly performing journals Identification of poorly performing journals using metrics & benchmarks Radar to predict journals with outlier performance Review: Re-evaluation by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) Curate: Content Curation Find more information on Elsevier.com Discontinued Sources List :

33 33 Transparent, annual re-evaluation process to ensure titles continue to meet high quality standards Full Scopus Journal base Year 1 Analyze full Scopus journal corpus performance based on set metrics & benchmarks Flag underperforming journals & inform journal publishers Year 2 Analyze full Scopus journal corpus performance based on set metrics & benchmarks Flag underperforming journals & inform journal publishers CSAB review If a journal underperforms for 2 consecutive years, CSAB will re-evaluate the title based on Scopus selection criteria CSAB decision Flagged journals for which concerns are raised, CSAB will re-evaluate the title based on Scopus selection criteria Continue forward flow Discontinue forward flow Learn more on this topic via the Scopus blog: or Elsevier.com: or

34 Latest Developments in Scopus

35 Funding Acknowledgements

36 Wha t? Why? Sco pe Funding data expansion project Capture full text funding information Tag funding body name, acronym and number using Natural Language Processing (NLP) Backfill full text funding information and tagging back to 2008 and further Include funding information from 3 rd party curated lists: (NIH/NSF/CrossRef/KAKEN/ResearchFish) Provide funders with high(er) quality funding information in Scopus Allows for verification & identifying additional funding sources 2016 going forward Backfill to 2008 (same as WoS) and further Number Funding Acronym Conselho Nacional de Desenvo lvimento Científico e Tecnológico CNPq Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG European Research Council ERC Funding text We are grateful for K. Behnia, Y.-L. Chen, L.-K. Lim, Z.-K. Liu, E. G. Mele, J. Moore, S.-Q. Shen and D. Varjas for helpful discussions. This work was financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemein- schaft DFG (Project No. EB 518/1-1 of DFG-SPP 1666 Topological Insulators, and SFB 1143) and by the ERC (Advanced Grant No Idea Heusler). R.D.d.R. acknowledges financial support from the Brazilian agency CNPq. Start development NPL tagging tool Start defining capturing instructions Start capture funding information forward flow Visualize funding data in Scopus.com Start including 3 rd party lists Project end Q1 Q Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q

37 Funding acknowledgements in Scopus records

38 Search by Funding Sponsor

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40 40 Two Golden Rules for using research metrics When used correctly, research metrics together with qualitative input give a balanced, multidimensional view for decision-making Always use both qualitative and quantitative input into your decisions Always use more than one research metric as the quantitative input

41 41 Journal Metrics in Scopus: CiteScore, SNIP and SJR CiteScore A metric that gives a more comprehensive, transparent and current view of a journal s impact. A 3 year citation window CiteScore s numerator and denominator both include all document types. This includes articles, reviews, letters, notes, editorials, conference papers and other documents indexed by Scopus are included. The numerator and the denominator used in the CiteScore calculation are thus consistent. SNIP SNIP = Sourced Normalized Impact per Paper Refined metric calculation, better corrects for field differences Outlier scores are closer to average Readily understandable scoring scale with an average of 1 for easy comparison SJR SJR = SCImago Journal Rank More prestigious nature of citations that come from within the same, or a closely related field Overcome the tendency for prestige scores the quantity of journals increases Readily understandable scoring scale with an average of 1 for easy comparison

42 42 Filling the gap in the Scopus basket of journal metrics SNIP and SJR with CiteScore and associated metrics Compensates for differences in field, type and age Meaningful benchmark is built in 1 is average for a subject area Large number Simple, easy to validate Communicates magnitude of activity People may not like small numbers Complicated; difficult to validate No idea of magnitude: how many citations does it represent? Affected by differences in field, type and age Meaningless without additional benchmarking 42

43 What are CiteScore metrics? 43

44 44 CiteScore is a simple metric for all Scopus journals Citations in 2016 Documents from 3 years A A CiteScore 2016 value = B B CiteScore A = citations to 3 years of documents Impact Factor A = citations to 2 or 5 years of documents B = all documents indexed in Scopus, same as A B = only citable items (articles and reviews), different from A

45 45 Advantages of CiteScore metrics Comprehensive Transparent Current Based on Scopus, the world s broadest abstract and citation database CiteScore metrics will be available for all serial titles, not just journals CiteScore metrics could be calculated for portfolios CiteScore metrics will be available for free CiteScore metrics are easy to calculate for yourself The underlying database is available for you to interrogate CiteScore Tracker is updated monthly New titles will have CiteScore metrics the year after they are indexed in Scopus And best of all, it s FREE!

46 PlumX Metrics

47 Plum Analytics joined Elsevier in February 2017 Source: 47

48 Metrics Categories USAGE (clicks, downloads, views, library holdings, video plays) CAPTURES (bookmarks, code forks, favorites, readers, watchers) MENTIONS (blog posts, comments, reviews, Wikipedia links) SOCIAL MEDIA (+1s, likes, shares, tweets) CITATIONS (citation indexes, patent citations, clinical citations)

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50 So what are the latest developments in Scopus There are many developments, but if I have to mention just three: 1. Funding ackoweldgements in Scopus are being heavily expanded 2. CiteScore journal metrics and 3. PlumX Metrics

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