Post on 29-Jan-2016
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Scopus: designed for and by the end-user
ICOLC meeting, Poznan, Poland, September 2005
Amanda Hart, Scopus Sales Manager, EMEAEefke Smit, Managing Director, ScienceDirect and Bibliographic Databases
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Agenda
Introduction & review of Scopus today Scopus is open and interoperable Scopus sales model Review of Scopus introductory offer Scopus for consortia A Glimpse into the future Q&A
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Starting from users’ needs
Understand the
researcher workflow
so we can design
better products
We significantly invest
in user-based design
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The Researcher
Over last 3 years, Elsevier conducted hundreds of
focus groups and onsite observation with scientists
and researchers
To document the way scientists Search for Find and Evaluate scientific literature
and information
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What our partners say… The University of Toronto Library ( presently, the 3rd ranked ARL) was a
development partner with Scopus for the last - give or take - 3 years. This initiative was new to us but we were very interested in their User Centred Design approach. We really liked the idea of going to the faculty, staff We really liked the idea of going to the faculty, staff and students of the university to find out what they thoughtand students of the university to find out what they thought, after all, that is why we are here.
Warren Holder, Univ of Toronto
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is also a Scopus development partner and we have had a great partnership with the database staff. (…) My own views of Scopus are extremely positive. My own views of Scopus are extremely positive. Even past sceptics here at NJIT are encouraged by the results of their Even past sceptics here at NJIT are encouraged by the results of their researchresearch. I have seen smiles on faces that I thought would never happen. The product is very easy to use. (…) All in all it does not only provide results after a search but it provides you with decision-making elements.
Haymwantee P. Singh, NJIT
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What is Scopus?
The largest abstract & citation database of research information
Designed with users for optimal usability and findability and to be the easiest way to find relevant results fast
Citation Browsing: enables citation linking between different fields of study revealing new connections across disciplines
Specialized Author search Personalization & customization features Designed to be interoperable with other resources Bibliographic management made easy via RefWorks Bridging the gap between graphic and text searching with
MDL
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Tasks Scopus Facilitates1. Finding (new) articles in a familiar subject field
Assistance with grant applications Seeing what the competition are doing
2. Finding author-related information Articles by a specific author Information to help evaluate a specific author
3. Staying up-to-date
4. Getting an overview or understanding of a new subject
field
5. Finding connections between different areas of
research
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Results page
Combined Results
Refine Results
Entitled Full Text Checked at Library
Sort by highest cited article
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Coverage Today 14,200+ journals from 4,000+ different publishers Over 12,650 academic journals including:
100% Medline Journals 535 Open Access Journals
28 million records from the last 40 years 230 Million references added to all abstracts from 1996
onwards 200 million scientific web pages via Scirus 16 million patent records from 4 patent offices 750 conference proceedings 600 trade publications Strong International Coverage Content is updated daily
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Content - where are we going?
1. Completeness, both current and historical Aim to be 100% cover-to-cover for the last 10 years More back files from publishers
2. Continue to add value to the current content Journal coverage – content selection committee Web citations Patent citations
3. New Content Types: Book Series; NDLTD
4. Currency: Articles-in-Press
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Scopus is interoperable
1. Scopus and the Web2. Scopus and other library resources3. Bibliographic management (with RefWorks)4. Chemical Structure Summaries (with Beilstein)
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Scopus and the web Fully integrated Web search via Scirus.com:
A unique science specific algorithm
Specific coverage of 200 million scientific sites/pages including author websites, university, government and corporate websites, institutional repositories, patents, dissertations
Tools to refine search and manage results
Transparent sources
User tests show Scirus performs better
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Full-text links to cited documents on the Web links are full text links They appear in cited references for
Dissertations Patents Standards Any type of document with more than 10 citations
No dead links, all links have been manually inspected Link database update in September, October & December Estimation: links to + 400 000 documents by end 2005
Web Integration
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Ref: dissertation
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Scopus and Other Library Resources
Now unlimited customizable library-defined links
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Federated search capabilities Scopus is OPEN and allows federated Search in Via
an XML gateway
XML is modern and stable technology compared to HTTP searching
ScienceDirect uses the same gateway
Metalib (ExLibris) and ENCompass (Endeavor) are already set up
Your own federated search systems can also be configured to search Scopus
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Bibliographic Management
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Results page
Already saved to RefWorks
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• Alert of NEW citations• Link to citations in Scopus
View record in ScopusView related documents in Scopus
Direct author search into Scopus
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Chemical Structure Summaries Users told us that:
When starting a literature search it is difficult to find factual information
on compounds/reactions When starting a structure search it is difficult to find a distinct set of
relevant articles
Therefore we collaborated with sister company MDL to
bridge the gap We have built chemical structure summaries for records
common to both Scopus and Beilstein Just over 500,000 records are a match
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Finding Related Compounds
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Finding Other Relevant DocumentsOr a user can decide to go back to the literature (Scopus) and view all documents in Scopus with this compound.
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Scopus sales and
subscription model
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Scopus subscription model Subscription fee based on
Number of FTE’s – Academic institutions Number of Researchers – Government institutions
Access to the entire database including full back-file
All functionality included
No simultaneous user limits
Web-based COUNTER-compliant usage statistics
Training and Helpdesk support available
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Scopus pricing
Population based
6 Price bands From <5,000 to >40,000 FTEs
Banded List pricing: 25,000 Eur – 120,000 Eur Custom pricing for very large organizations/sites
Discounts available
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Review of Scopus
introductory offer
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Scopus Launch Offer
Limited offer available Jan – Aug 2005 – now closed Offered to all Science Direct customers and consortia Allows long period to evaluate Scopus
Risk free: contracts may include an opt out clause Roll out to end users
Access period 2005 – 2007
3 years access for payment of 1 year fee (2007 fee)
Flexible payment plans and discounts: Spread payments Discounts for early payments Discount for early commitments (no opt out)
Over 50 consortia in 33 countries are participating
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Benefits of Introductory Offer Evaluate Scopus alongside other products over a long
period (up to 2 years)
Allow users to familiarize themselves with Scopus graduallywithout taking existing products away
Make an informed buying decision Based on usage Based on users’ feedback Based on your own and your peers experience
Budget management
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Feedback on launch programme
“This is exactly how products SHOULD be launched
into the academic market”
Librarian, Large UK university
“We ended up with a decision in favor of Scopus. It
suited our customer profile at NJIT and almost a year
later we are ever more happy with the decision.”
Haymwantee P. Singh, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Scopus for consortia:
Sales aspects
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Selling Scopus to Consortia Elsevier has 10 years of experience Varied consortium models:
All for one & one for all model Tiered Approach Hybrid models
Key principles: # of members Expenditure level Term – one year vs multiple years Agreement – one agreement vs multiple agreements Invoice – one invoice vs multiple invoices
Discounts Shared benefits Administrative benefits
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Consortium discounts
Based on Science Direct expenditure Tiered discounts based on total group
expenditure Applies to consortium agreements for non SD
products – including Scopus All members benefit from the overall spend level
of the group May not depend upon full participation
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A glimpse into the future
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Citation Overview
Gives users a visual indication of citation behaviour
patterns…over any chosen set of articles e.g. from individual
authors or institutions over any chosen time period within the last 10 years
For evaluation of research groups, authors, institutions For applications for grants, jobs, tenure
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Identify the author of interest
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Citation overview
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Citation Overview: tester comments
“Useful to see citations over years” “I would use this for my own articles” “Paste this into my progress reports for my own papers” “Quite useful when starting in a new area, to get an
overview of a field” “I could use it for evaluating an applicant” “Use to propose new research” “I can limit to someone I know to see what they cite” “Useful for tracking authors” “To evaluate the quality of an author”
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If there was a tool that could find the information you need - and maybe a few surprises along the way - you’d use it
www.scopus.com
Thank you
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