Scopus Adds New Features
By Andrew Albanese -- Library Journal, 12/15/2007
Scopus has beefed up its database. “New features,” the company said, “include the ability to search for and browse through relevant content derived from cited references, additional and flexible clustering categories in 'Refine Results,' the inclusion of prepublished journal articles across all subject areas—a first for any multidisciplinary abstract and citation database—and an extension of the self-citation exclusion options within the Scopus Citation Tracker.”
University rankings
Additionally, the company recently got a feather in its cap because Scopus Custom Data was used to help establish the annual THES-QS World University Rankings. Scopus has been chosen to provide the data source for the metric evaluation for the official rankings “to ensure that greater clarity and transparency can be guaranteed.”
The Higher Education Supplement (THES), a London-based weekly newspaper that reports specifically on higher education issues, has published its World University Rankings annually since 2004. It works closely with QS, a leading independent network for higher education and related careers, which acts as its research and data analysis arm.
