How do I use the Scopus Sources feature?
Last updated on August 15, 2024
The Scopus Sources page allows you to browse a list of all journals, book series, trade publications, and conference proceedings available on Scopus or that are accessed from other external web sites using Scopus.
See What are the All Science Journal Classification Codes (ASJC) used by Scopus? to review all ASJC codes used for organizing Scopus sources.
You can search for sources by subject area, title, publisher, or ISSN:
- Subject area returns a results list based upon search criteria. For more information about subject available subject areas, see What are the most used Subject Area categories and classifications in Scopus?
- Title returns a results list based upon titles only
- Publisher returns a list based upon only the publisher name
- ISSN returns a list based upon only International Standard Serial numbers
- From the Scopus homepage, select 'Sources'.
- From the search drop-down menu, select a source type.
- Enter your search criteria. As you enter a search term (except ISSN), the field auto-populates with a matched term.
- Select 'Find Sources'.
Select your filtering options, and then select 'Apply'.
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Display only Open Access journals |
Returns a list based upon only journals which are considered Open Access. See How are Open Access journals used in Scopus? |
Display only source with minimum |
Returns a list based upon the entered minimum number of Documents or Citations. These documents or citations are the ones used for the CiteScore calculation. |
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Show only titles in top 10 percent |
Filter which returns a source list containing only sources whose CiteScore falls within the top 10 percent of the selected subject area. If you select this option, the quartile check boxes are not available for use. |
Quartile |
Filter which returns a source list containing only sources within a subject area whose CiteScore was in the selected range for a quartile. For example, if you selected 1st quartile, the list contains only sources which have a CiteScore that is in top 25% of other compared sources in the subject area. Note that you can select more than one quartile check box. Quartiles are bands of serial titles that have been grouped together because they occupy a similar position within their subject categories. The quartiles are:
A title might have a different quartile within each different subject area. For example, Serial Title A might be categorized in Oncology with a CiteScore percentile of 84%, and Cancer Research with a CiteScore percentile of 73%. These percentiles equate to Quartile 1 and Quartile 2 respectively. You can also view the Top 10% of serial titles. |
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Journals |
Filter which returns a source list containing only journal sources. |
Book Series |
Filter which returns a source list containing only book series. |
Conference Proceedings |
Filter which returns a source list containing only conference proceedings. |
Trade Publications |
Filter which returns a source list containing only trade publications |
The Scopus Sources page provides a feature to download the entire Scopus source list as a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet.
Also, the Scopus source list provides the All Science Journal Classification Codes (ASJC) for each listed source.
Note: You must be logged into Scopus to download the Scopus Source list.
- From the Scopus Sources page, select 'Download Scopus Source List'. The Scopus source list download options popup opens:
- 'Download source titles and metrics' opens a window requesting you to save the entire Scopus source list plus their associated metrics as a Microsoft Excel file.
- 'Download source titles only' opens a window requesting that you to save the entire Scopus source list as a Microsoft Excel file.
- Navigate to the file folder or directory location to save the file.
- Select 'Save'. Your list of sources are saved as an Excel spreadsheet.
The Source list updates whenever you complete a source search and/or use one of the filtering methods to refine the list.
You can sort listed sources according to the column features, such as listing source titles based on alphabetical order, or by using one of the other list indicators.
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Source title |
Select a source title to view the associated Source details page. Some sources have external links available. Select an external link to open the source material from their website. |
CiteScore |
CiteScore is a simple way of measuring the citation impact of serial titles, such as journals. Serial titles are defined as titles which publish on a regular basis (i.e., one or more volumes per year). Calculating CiteScore is simple and is based on the average citations received per document. CiteScore is the number of citations received by a journal in one year to documents published in the three previous years, divided by the number of documents indexed in Scopus published in those same three years. For more information, see How are CiteScore metrics used in Scopus? |
Highest Percentile and Ranking |
CiteScore Percentile indicates the relative standing of a serial title in its subject field. The Percentile and Ranking are relative to a specific Subject Area. The Source table only displays the Subject Area where the source performs the best. For more information, see 2.9 How is CiteScore Percentile calculated? |
Citations |
This is the number of citations received in one year for the documents published in the previous 3 years. |
Documents |
This is the sum of documents published in the serial title in the 3 years prior to the year for the metric. |
%Cited |
This is the proportion of documents that have received at least 1 citation. |
SNIP |
Compare the citation impact of sources in different subject fields. SNIP is the ratio of a source's average citation count per paper, and the 'citation potential' of its subject field. For more information, see How is SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) used in Scopus? |
SJR |
Compare the scientific prestige of sources, based on the value of weighted citations per document. A source transfers its own prestige, or status, to another source through the act of citing it. A citation from a source with a relatively high SJR is worth more than a citation from a source with a lower SJR. For more information, see How is SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) used in Scopus? |
Publisher |
This is the source publisher. |
Select the title of a source to open the Source details page. See What can I do on a Source details page? for information about the Source details page.
If one or more external links are available for a source, select 'Outward links'. A list of external websites opens for your viewing selection.
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