Scopus is a platform with an intuitive interface, which is designed to help researchers access, organise, and make use of scientific information efficiently. On its Home Page, you'll find a wide variety of sections and menus that make it easy to access the main functionalities, such as:
- Creating an account or logging in
- Choose a search option: you can choose to search in ‘Documents’, ‘Authors’, ‘Researcher Discovery’, or ‘Organisations’.
- Choose a search field: by default, Scopus will search in the ‘Paper title, Abstract, Keywords’ field.
- Add a line to search multiple search fields: this option is useful for combining keywords from your search.
- Use Boolean operators: each new search field is combined using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT.
- View your search history: the search history is displayed with the ‘set alert’ option, to notify you by e-mail of new results that match that search. Select ‘more’ to save an important search, or to delete the search.
- Consult your temporary list of documents: you can create a list during a session on Scopus.
- Browse the list of all sources: here you’ll find all the journals, book series, commercial publications, and conference proceedings that are available on Scopus.
- Use SciVal to visualise an organisation's performance: compare the performance with that of peers and identify emerging research trends.