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Scopus database: a review

Overview of attention for article published in Biomedical Digital Libraries, March 2006
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1 X user
wikipedia
13 Wikipedia pages

Citations

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646 Dimensions

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1051 Mendeley
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Title
Scopus database: a review
Published in
Biomedical Digital Libraries, March 2006
DOI 10.1186/1742-5581-3-1
Pubmed ID
Authors

Judy F Burnham

Abstract

The Scopus database provides access to STM journal articles and the references included in those articles, allowing the searcher to search both forward and backward in time. The database can be used for collection development as well as for research. This review provides information on the key points of the database and compares it to Web of Science. Neither database is inclusive, but complements each other. If a library can only afford one, choice must be based in institutional needs.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 5 <1%
United Kingdom 5 <1%
Netherlands 3 <1%
United States 3 <1%
Colombia 3 <1%
Malaysia 2 <1%
Portugal 2 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
Other 7 <1%
Unknown 1018 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 141 13%
Student > Master 120 11%
Student > Bachelor 87 8%
Researcher 68 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 51 5%
Other 197 19%
Unknown 387 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 90 9%
Engineering 88 8%
Computer Science 80 8%
Social Sciences 79 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 56 5%
Other 228 22%
Unknown 430 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 June 2023.
All research outputs
#6,486,912
of 23,001,641 outputs
Outputs from Biomedical Digital Libraries
#7
of 12 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,628
of 70,489 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Biomedical Digital Libraries
#2
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,001,641 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 70th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 12 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.7. This one scored the same or higher as 5 of them.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 70,489 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 2 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one.