Research Website has tool that facilitates trend spotting.
Press Release Summary:
Scopus® Citation Tracker lets users check and track citation data in Scopus abstract and citation database of research information and Web sources for purposes of gaining intelligence about articles, authors, their own published work, and research trends. Visual table offers at-a-glance intelligence about influence of set of articles, author, or group of authors over time. Users can set specific articles and date ranges for investigation.
Original Press Release:
Scopus Empowers Researchers with New Citation Tracker
Scopus(R), the world's largest abstract and citation database of research information and quality Web sources, today announced the Scopus Citation Tracker, a new feature available to all subscribers that enables researchers to easily evaluate research using citation data. The Scopus Citation Tracker empowers researchers and librarians by providing them with a user-friendly way to more easily and efficiently check and track citation data for the purposes of gaining intelligence about articles, authors, their own published work and research trends.
For decades citation data has been recognized as a cornerstone for evaluating the importance or influence of specific research. The result of intensive development with librarians and researchers, the Scopus Citation Tracker offers at-a-glance intelligence about the influence of a set of articles, an author or group of authors over time, so users can quickly spot trends. Users can control the specific articles and date ranges they want to evaluate and easily navigate through the cited and citing literature using a visual table of citations broken down by article and chronology.
"Users told us they wanted to move away from pre-defined metrics, and analyze what's going on at the level of the individual author or article," said Amanda Spiteri, product marketing director at Elsevier. "Scopus now provides them with a tool where they themselves can select what to analyze in terms of subject area, named individuals and over which time period - all at the touch of a button and with the most up to date information."
The Scopus Citation Tracker is the first and only product to give an on-the-spot overview of citation data for any set of articles over a date range selected by the user. The Scopus Citation Tracker makes it quick and easy for users to:
- Find the most highly cited authors in a field
- Find and track hot topics in specific subject areas
- Check the most up-to-date citation data on specific authors and articles
- Track and evaluate research trends.
"The new citation tool from Scopus offers broad functionality and quick and easy-to-use access," said Nejc Jakopin, chair of the strategic management department at the Mercator School of Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen. "It is ideal for researchers interested in finding out more about their own colleagues, journals, and research areas, and for tracking citation influence."
About Scopus
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest and easiest-to-use navigation tool ever built. Scopus is designed and developed with over 300 users and librarians internationally. Its unique database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 titles from 4,000 different publishers, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information about the articles covered, but also integrates Web and patent searches directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other applications like reference management software make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For more information about Scopus please visit www.info.scopus.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in 77 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (http://mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.news.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and online reference works.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider.Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
