Scopus: the TL;DR version (or Life Beyond PubMed)

Nicole Chiodo Soares
Mar 30, 2017
1 min read

If you're doing biomedical or medical research, chances are you live and breathe PubMed, but as useful as PubMed is, if you're just using PubMed, you're really missing out on a lot.

Adding a tool like Scopus to your normal research routine can really up your research game.

Looking for the most influential articles in your field? Use Scopus's "Cited by" sort to see what's at the top

Want to find conference proceedings and books on your topic in addition to articles? Scopus has you covered

Interested in comparing journals? Finding your h-index? Seeing a visual representation of the publications coming from your institution? Scopus, Scopus, Scopus.

And for the infographic nerds, there's even an "Analyze search results" function that let's you see charts and graphs related to your search.

Oh, and did I mention there's a lot more than just health sciences titles? That means you can find that interdisciplinary research that you can't always find in PubMed.

Check out the slideshow below for more info, and when you're done - take the Scopus Review quiz to see if you're a Scopus Jedi Master.